Coding is the language used to create software applications that can be used for content creation, content consumption, analytics, education, or for entertainment purposes. Coding can be created for any stationary, mobile, or virtual computing device such as:
-Desktop and Laptop Computers
-Server Computers
-Tablets
-Televisions
-Mobile Phones, etc.
Additionally, coding can be developed and implemented for commercial-grade computing technologies devices employed by: Global Positioning Satellite Systems, Law Enforcement Systems, Military Systems, Medical Systems, Banking and Finance Systems, Artificial Intelligence Systems, Robotics, and beyond. Like any other language, computer programming languages have a structure that can be classified as:
Lexis: The collection of words (dictionary).
Syntax: The grammatical context of a language.
Semantics: The method in which a statement is expressed or conveyed.
Exceptions: Special rules of the language which only apply in given circumstances.
There are more than 6,000 spoken languages internationally on planet earth. According to various sources; the total number of computer coding languages range anywhere from 250 to 9,000 depending on the credibility of sources indexed on the Internet! As per the Tiobe Index, at the time this article was published; Python is considered to be the most popular and in-demand coding language in the world! -Rob Torres, Instructor