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Play by Play: Getting Started with Programming

In this course, you’ll learn the fundamentals as well as best practices, and by the end of the presentation you will be well prepared to go on to learn the language of your choice.

Jesse Liberty - Pluralsight course - Play by Play: Getting Started with Programming
by Jesse Liberty
John Papa - Pluralsight course - Play by Play: Getting Started with Programming
by John Papa
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What you'll learn

Play by Play is a series in which top technologists work through a problem in real time, unrehearsed, and unscripted. In this course, Play by Play: Getting Started with Programming, John Papa and Jesse Liberty teach the fundamentals of programming. Learn what you need to know to get started as a programmer, including variables, assignment, equality, loops, collections, and objects. By the end of this course, you’ll have an understanding of the fundamentals and best practices of programming that will help prepare you to learn the language of your choice.

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Jesse Liberty - Pluralsight course - Play by Play: Getting Started with Programming
Jesse Liberty

Jesse Liberty is a Senior Consultant at Wintellect, where he specializes in Xamarin, Azure and Web development. He is a Certified Xamarin Developer, a Xamarin MVP and a Microsoft MVP.

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John Papa - Pluralsight course - Play by Play: Getting Started with Programming
John Papa

John Papa is a Principal Developer Advocate with Microsoft and an alumni of the Google Developer Expert, Microsoft Regional Director, and MVP programs.

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