How to Become a Programmer

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Take an introductory course in one (or all of them) of the following disciplines: Logic Discrete mathematics Programming language (take a part into the different programming paradigms

   Preferable Ruby/ Python/Pascal for beginners and after some good understanding go deeper into C++/C#/Java ) , You can use any simple database package to do this, such as:
   MS Access DB V Fox Pro Paradox MySQL is a good database to learn because it’s free, commonly used, and databases are commonly accessed with SQL queries , Programmers generally fall under one of the following categories:
   Web programmer Desktop application programmer Operating system (OS) oriented programmer(tied to a single operating system or set of operating systems) Platform-independent programmer Distributed applications programmer Library/platform/framework/core programmer System programmer Kernel programmer Driver programmer Compiler programmer Programming scientist , The following sections break down the tasks for different types of programming.
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   Step 2: starting from sequential/procedural to object oriented

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   Step 3: after functional and logical programming.

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   Step 4: Learn database concepts such as tables

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   Step 5: views/queries and procedures.

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   Step 6: Decide what type of programmer you want to be.

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   Step 7: Learn the technologies and programming languages related to your programming field of choice.

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