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2.  It's fun!  Helps you think logically through problems  Important to continue to improve tech skills  Good to learn about programming beyond html/css  Communicate with programmers  Understand potential of applications  Make websites respond to user interaction  Build apps and games  Access information on the Internet  Organize and present data  Validate forms  It’s fun! WHY SHOULD I LEARN TO PROGRAM?

3.  Fortran, LISP and COBOL 1950s  Basic 1964  Pascal 1970  C++/Perl 1980s  Programming in the Internet Age ‘90s  Object-oriented (collections of interacting objects)  Python  Ruby  PHP  HTML/CSS – markup languages  Web Frameworks – rapid application development  JavaScript - 1995 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

4.  Codecademy.com  Lynda.com  W3 Schools PLACES TO LEARN MORE