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The following is an outline of the course content and will be updated (and links added) as the course develops.

UNIT 1 - THE BASICS

• why code? the purpose of a program (automation of work)
• CPU, RAM, and disk; time cost of storing/retrieving data from RAM vs. disk
• input and output (from/to console, from/to disk)
• storing data in primitive types (int, double, etc.)
• conditionals (if/else, switch)
• code flexibility, code readability/cleanliness, and bugs
  • code styles to strive for, patterns to avoid
• methods and parameters
• loops (for, while)
• funny things about programming: integer math, min/max capacity of primitive types, etc.

UNIT 2 - DEBUGGING

• printing to console
• breakpoints
• unit tests & assertions

UNIT 3 - OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING [WIP]

• objects (data storage, equality of objects); constructors
• pointers and memory; null pointers
• static vs instance variables

UNIT 4 - DATA STRUCTURES AND ALGORITHMS [WIP]

• data structures (array, list; pros and cons, how to choose which to use)
• algorithms and computational efficiency
  • formalism: O-notation
• hashcodes (+hashsets, dictionaries)

UNIT 5 - ADVANCED AND MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS [WIP]

• linq
• try/catch/throw and exceptions
• parallelization and parallel debugging
  • race conditions, locks, lock contention
  • partitioning
• interfaces, abstract methods/classes
• inheritance

UNIT 6 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT [WIP]

• team-based programming on large, persistent projects
• github - cloning, forks, branches, pull requests, merge conflicts, code review
• libraries and nuget packages
• memory management and garbage collection
• performance (CPU, RAM) profiling
• unit tests and code coverage
• continuous integration
• Docker & containerization