Programming, a very very brief overview

So you have evaluated the requirements of your calculator and you want to use customJS to make the best calculator ever created (or at least something cool). If you already know how a program works or have coded in any language before, you just got yourself a free upgrade to Omni’s Technical Documentation.

In this section we will briefly go over the very basics of programming with focus on javascript. We will go through the basics providing simple explanations when possible and pointing you to good technical documentations as we go.

Note

This is not intended as a full course or any kind of rigorous learning material, so feel free to take an online course or get yourself a decent javascript book if you really want to dive deeper.

Contents:

• Programming vs Witchcraft, how to tell them apart
• Javascript vs HTML
• Basics of coding
  • Simple Variables
  • The basic loops and conditions
• Basics of coding [advanced version]
  • Compounding variables like I have interest
  • Advanced version: A bunch of more words that might or might not mean stuff
• A programmer strives to be lazy (and you should, too)
  • The coding mindset
  • Lazy code vs sloppy code