Corso Understand the basics of code

Course delivered in English
Lessons: 4
Level: Beginners
Access: Free Online Course (Audit)

Get an introduction to code, find out how it works, what it can do, and how it can benefit you.

About this course

Code powers everything from laptops to vending machines to cars. But how does it work? In these course videos, you'll learn what code is, why so many coding languages exist, and how they are matched to achieve specific tasks. Most importantly, you’ll learn why having a basic understanding of code could be beneficial for you.

This course is estimated to take approximately 30 minutes to complete.

What will you learn:

What​ ​is​ ​code ​and​ ​how​ ​does​ ​it​ ​work?

• Watch the lesson 2 minutes
• Check your knowledge 2 minutes

Introduction to programming languages

• Watch the lesson 2 minutes
• Check your knowledge 2 minutes

How code powers our daily lives

• Watch the lesson 2 minutes
• Check your knowledge 2 minutes

Working in code: developers and everyday industries

• Watch the lesson 2 minutes
• Check your knowledge 2 minutes

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Code is what powers so much of what we do online, both for work and play. In these videos, you'll learn what code is, why so many coding languages exist, and how they are matched to achieve specific tasks. Most importantly, you’ll learn why having a basic understanding of code could be beneficial for you.

This course is organized by the external partner Google Academy. In order to take this course you will need to register on their Academy platform where you can take advantage of this and many other courses on offer.  As per May 2023 the course is made available "free of charge" and therefore you should not be charged for it. This course is one part of a series of ten to equip you with the skills you need to apply to introductory-level Generative AI

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