Understand programming through a pseudo-code example with PRPL Senior Engineer Renee Blunt. Accompanies video found here: https://youtu.be/RHrLGJP7AmI

1. UNDERSTAND PROGRAMMING THROUGH PSUEDO-CODE — RENEE BLUNT
Logic Over Language

2. CanIlearnthecodes?

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4. Focusonwhatisimportant

5. CodingisAboutSolving
Problems

6. pseu·do
not actually, but having the appearance of

7. Pass out movie tickets for PRPL movie day
P R O B L E M

8. For every employee that RSVP’d to the movie, give them a ticket
S O L U T I O N

9. For every employee
that RSVP’d to the movie
give them a ticket
S O L U T I O N B R O K E N D O W N

10. For every employee
that RSVP’d to the movie
give them a ticket
S O L U T I O N B R O K E N D O W N M O R E
For Loop
Conditional
Method

11. LemmeSeeDatCode

12. J A V A S C R I P T P H P
P Y T H O N C #
for (let prplPerson of prplPeople) {
if(prplPerson.rsvp){
Jackie.giveTicket(prplPerson);
}
}
foreach ($prplPeople as $prplPerson) {
if($prplPerson->rsvp){
Jackie::giveTicket($prplPerson);
}
}
for prplPerson in prplPeople:
if prplPerson.rsvp:
Jackie.giveTicket(prplPerson)
foreach(PRPLHuman prplPerson in prplPeople)
{
if(prplPerson.rsvp)
{
Jackie.giveTicket(prplPerson);
}
}

13. There’sMore
B U I L D I N G B L O C K S
•What’s a Jackie?
•What’s a PRPL People?
•How does a PRPL Person RSVP?
•Where do the tickets come from?
•Uh, what movie?

14. MakeaJackie

15. P L A I N L A N G U A G E C O D E Y L A N G U A G E
Is a PRPL employee
Is a human
Does stuff:
• administrative tasks
• organizes events
• coordinates movie day
• makes funnies
Jackie extends PRPL Employee
PRPL Employee extends Human
Methods:
• doAdminThings
• organizeEvent
• coordinateMovieDay
• makeFunny
vs.
Jackie

16. MakeaPRPL
Person

17. P L A I N L A N G U A G E C O D E Y L A N G U A G E
Is a human
Has Stuff:
• has a ticket
• has a job title
Does stuff:
• goes to a movie
• RSVPs to a movie
PRPL Employee extends Human
Properties:
• ticket (boolean)
• job title (string)
Methods:
• goToMovie
• rsvpToMovie
vs.
PRPLPerson

18. MakeaPRPL
People

19. P L A I N L A N G U A G E C O D E Y L A N G U A G E
Holds PRPL people
How many PRPL people?
Collection/Array/List
Properties:
• count
Methods:
• getCount
vs.
PRPLPeople

20. CHECKCHECK

21. IsThisThingOn?
B U I L D I N G B L O C K S
•What’s a Jackie?
•What’s a PRPL People?
•How does a PRPL Person RSVP?
•Where do the tickets come from?
•Uh, what movie?

22. KeepBuilding

23. http://bfy.tw/5ymq
F U R T H E R R E A D I N G

24. Renee Blunt (renee@prpl.rs)
Thanks!
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