A few months back I’ve promised a programming project that is designed for people who have never programmed before. Well, get ready for it, because it’s finally here!
What is this project about?
In the next few weeks, we will be working on a very simple lottery program. In fact, it’s so simple that some people won’t even consider it as a computer program. Nevertheless, it covers a lot of useful concepts and sheds a light on what programming is about. Once that’s out of the way, we can build upon that knowledge and work on some really cool projects.
Will I be able to follow along?
My goal is to make this easy and fun. Anyone interested should be able to follow along, or at least that’s what I am trying to achieve. I do not expect you to have any related background. As long as you feel comfortable with following instructions like “Right Click on X and choose Y”, you should be fine!
What you will need for this project…
You will need to have a spreadsheet program installed on your computer, such as Excel from Microsoft Office, Numbers from iWork or Calc from OpenOffice.org. While the first two are commercial software, you can download OpenOffice.org for free. If you don’t feel like installing something on your computer, for the first part of the project, you should be able to follow along with Google Docs – all you need is a Google account.
If you have questions regarding how to set that up, just let me know in the comments. Otherwise I’ll see you again in about a week’s time!
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