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10 Introduction to Coding

Pre-Processing
Pre-Processing
• Understanding Coding • Importance of Coding

• Why Learn Coding? • Coding Environments

A computer, just like any another machine, receives instructions from us to perform
some task. These instructions need to be given in a manner and form which the
computer can understand, carry out, and produce the desired result. These instructions

are given to the computer in a form called a Program or Code. The process of writing
these instructions is called Programming or Coding.

UNDERSTANDING CODING

When we want to do some work, there are certain steps involved to complete that
work. For example, if we want to make a cake, we follow the steps given below:

1. Collect all the ingredients needed to • Get ingredients for cake.
make the cake. 1.

2. Prepare the batter for the cake. 2. • Mix the ingredients together.
3. Pour the batter in a mould and bake it 3. • Bake the cake.

in an oven. • Decorate the cake.
4. After the cake is baked, decorate it. 4.

Similarly, to make the computer do some work, we need to give instructions to do this

in a sequential order.

IMPORTANCE OF CODING

Each action that the computer performs must have a code for it. The program or code
stored in a computer is like its language. A computer is useless to us without proper
code.

Thus, it is important to write the correct code for the machine to make it work accurately.

WHY LEARN CODING?

Coding helps us understand how a machine performs all the magical things quickly and
easily for us. Writing code for computer requires a high level of logical reasoning and

thinking skills. It also requires the knowledge of special computer languages in which
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