Why Programming is Important!

Why Programming is important?

The question most of the people ask is why should we learn to program when there are so many application software and code generators available to do the task for us. 

The answer is as give by the Matthias Felleisen in the book ‘How to design programs’

The answer consists of two parts. 

• First, it is indeed true that traditional forms of Computer programming are useful for just a few people. But, programming as we the authors understand it is useful for everyone: the administrative secretary who uses spreadsheets as well as the high-tech programmer. In other words, we have a broader notion of programming in mind than the traditional one. We explain our notion in a moment.

• Second, we teach our idea of Computer programming with a technology that is based on the principle of minimal intrusion. Hence, our notion of programming teaches problem analysis and problem-solving skills without imposing the overhead of traditional programming notations and tools.”

Hence learning to program is important because it develops analytical and problem solving abilities. It is a creative activity and provides us a mean to express abstract ideas. Thus programming is fun and is much more than a vocational skill. By designing programs, we learn many skills that are important for all professions. These skills can be summarized as:

• Critical reading
• Analytical thinking
• Creative synthesis