Скачать или смотреть Lecture 15-Programming: Abstraction and History (WNA Computer Science Principles 25-26)

Ever wonder how we went from ones and zeros to modern coding languages that power apps, games, and AI? This episode tells that story.

In this episode of the high school Computer Science Principles course that I taught at West Nottingham Academy (2025–26), we take a time-traveling journey through the history of programming languages, starting with raw binary machine code, moving through assembly language, and arriving at early high-level giants like FORTRAN and C. From there, we explore modern programming styles, including object-oriented and functional programming, and how they changed the way we think about solving problems.

In the second half, we break down the world of data types and abstraction, how computers represent different kinds of information like integers, Booleans, strings, and more complex data structures like lists and dictionaries. You’ll learn how abstraction helps us hide complexity and build powerful, flexible programs that humans and machines can understand. Whether you're a future coder or just curious how computers "think," this episode makes the invisible logic of programming click.

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