Programming and Scripting

An introduction to automating computer tasks using scripting languages and solving problems using programming languages, with a focus on data.

1. Automate computer tasks using a scripting language.

2. Write configuration files for a variety of software applications.

3. Setup and configure a software development environment and toolchain.

4. Develop an algorithm to solve a computational problem.

5. Write a computer program in a high-level programming language.

6. Construct a complex computer program from a series of simpler computer programs.