From the course: CompTIA IT Fundamentals (FC0-U61) Cert Prep 3: Computer Maintenance and Troubleshooting, Databases, and Programming
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Introduction to programming
From the course: CompTIA IT Fundamentals (FC0-U61) Cert Prep 3: Computer Maintenance and Troubleshooting, Databases, and Programming
Introduction to programming
- When we first started this series on IT fundamentals, we discussed how all computing devices work, right? You have hardware, the stuff you can kick, the physical parts that handle processing. You have the operating system, like Windows or Android, that enables people to interact with the hardware, to tell the hardware what to do. And finally, you have programs or apps, things dedicated to accomplishing specific tasks. The CompTIA IT Fundamentals Plus exam expects you to have a certain level of knowledge about how programs work. This episode starts that process. What's the most common computing device? A smartphone, right? What can you do with a smartphone? Make phone calls, sure, send text messages. We could do that with the ancient flip phones, too. Beyond those basic functions, though, a smartphone has apps that do more, such as take pictures, view pictures, record sounds, or play games. Each of those activities is…
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