In this lesson, we'll introduce you to your instructors, give you an overview of what you'll be learning, and tell you how to get help and support when you need it.

Welcome and Orientation

What to do if you have questions about your account or general questions about the program.

Get Help with Your Account

Welcome to the Introduction to Programming Nanodegree program. This is your first step on your journey to become a programmer. Learn what this program is all about as well as how to find support along your learning journey.

In this lesson, we'll be exploring how to create web pages—and, along the way, you'll learn some important concepts about how computer languages work.

The Web and HTML

In this first lab, you'll demonstrate your understanding of HTML basics by turning your notes from the lesson into a working HTML web page.

Basic HTML Page

Learn how to add style to your website by using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

Styling with CSS

Animal Trading Cards

Use your knowledge of HTML and CSS to create a web-based trading card depicting your favorite animal.

Get acquainted with how the web works! Learn about your browser, the internet, and a filetype called HTML. HTML stands for "Hypertext Markup Language." HTML is the language used to create webpages. Learn the basics of HTML to create a simple web page!

Intro to Web Development

Get started learning core programming concepts with Python, while writing instructions to make a virtual "turtle" robot draw colorful shapes on the screen. 

Turtles and Code

Expand your knowledge of Python by learning to write functions and conditional statements.

Python Functions

The Unix shell is a powerful tool for developers of all sorts. In this lesson, you'll get a quick introduction to the very basics of using it on your own computer.

Shell Workshop

Install Python on your own computer so you can write code anytime!

Python at Home

Learn to work with strings and text in your Python code.

Strings and Lists

Get practice writing longer programs, and improving their structure and style.

Style and Structure

Adventure Game

Demonstrate your Python skills by coding a simple version of an old-fashioned text-based adventure game. 

Learn basic programming with Python, one of the most versatile and widely used programming languages! You'll first learn core programming concepts and fundamental Python syntax by writing code to make a virtual "turtle" robot draw colorful shapes on the screen. You'll then learn how to write Python functions, run Python from a Command-Line Interface (CLI), manipulate strings and lists, and refactor your code to improve its structure and make it more modular.

Intro to Programming with Python I

In this lesson, we'll introduce you to your instructors, give you an overview of what you'll be learning, and provide a review you can use to check your pre-existing Python skills.

Introduction

Learn to work with files on your disk using Python code: listing files in a directory, moving files around, and reading & writing the contents of text files.

Working with files

Learn to interact with Web APIs using the requests module, manipulate JSON, and use dictionaries. 

Web APIs

Learn to create new kinds of data object using classes, including creating your own methods.

Objects and Classes

Rock Paper Scissors

Apply your Python and Object-Oriented Programming knowledge to create a game of Rock Paper Scissors where a human can play against a computer player!

Continue to advance your skills as a beginning programmer! Python is one of the most versatile and widely used programming languages. In this second-level course, you will build on your understanding of fundamental Python and learn some more advanced skills, including how to work with files on your computer's disk and how to use Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) to create classes, objects, and methods.

Intro to Programming with Python II

Learn the history of JavaScript and start writing your code immediately using the JavaScript console.

What is JavaScript

Learn to represent real-world data using JavaScript variables, and distinguish between the different data types in the language.

Data Types & Variables

Learn how to add logic to your JavaScript programs using conditional statements.

Conditionals

Harness the power of JavaScript loops to reduce code duplication and automate repetitive tasks.

Loops

Dive into the world of JavaScript functions.  Learn to harness their power to streamline and organize your programs.

Functions

Learn how to use Arrays to store complex data in your JavaScript programs.

Arrays

Meet the next JavaScript data structure: the Object. Learn to use it to store complex data alongside Arrays.

Objects

Build a Shopping Cart

In this project, you will use your JavaScript development skills to build the core functionality of an eCommerce shopping cart for Kirana's fruit market. 

In this course, you will use learn the basics of JavaScript! You will learn how to create and use the primary data types in JavaScript and how to use conditionals and loops to control the flow of your JavaScript code. You'll write your first JavaScript functions and you'll learn how to use arrays and objects to store collections of data. By the end of the course, you use your new JavaScript knowledge to build the core functionality of an eCommerce shopping cart.

Intro to Javascript

You're building your online presence. Now learn how to share your story, understand the tech landscape better, and meet industry professionals.

Industry Research

Improve Your LinkedIn Profile

Find your next job or connect with industry peers on LinkedIn. Ensure your profile attracts relevant leads that will grow your professional network.

Take 30 Min to Improve your LinkedIn

GitHub is a great way for employers to get a sense of how you code. Learn what your GitHub profile says about you and how to improve it to impress employers.

Optimize Your GitHub Profile

Other professionals are collaborating on GitHub and growing their network. Submit your profile to ensure your profile is on par with leaders in your field.

These Career Services will ensure you make meaningful connections with industry professionals to accelerate your career growth - whether looking for a job or opportunities to collaborate with your peers. Unlike your Nanodegree projects, you do not need to meet specifications on these Services to progress in your program. Submit these Career Services once, and get honest, personalized feedback and next steps from Udacity Career Coaches!

Career Services

Great work finishing the program! Here's some advice on next steps in your programming journey.

Congratulations! What's next?

Great work finishing the program! Here's some info on next steps in your programming journey.

Version control is an incredibly important part of a professional programmer's life. In this lesson, you'll learn about the benefits of version control and install the version control tool Git!

What is Version Control?

Now that you've learned the benefits of Version Control and gotten Git installed, it's time you learn how to create a repository.

Create a Git Repo

Knowing how to review an existing Git repository's history of commits is extremely important. You'll learn how to do just that in this lesson.

Review a Repo's History

A repository is nothing without commits. In this lesson, you'll learn how to make commits, write descriptive commit messages, and verify the changes you're about to save to the repository.

Add Commits to a Repo

Being able to work on your project in isolation from other changes will multiply your productivity. You'll learn how to do this isolated development with Git's branches.

Tagging, Branching, and Merging

Help! Disaster has struck! You don't have to worry, though, because your project is tracked in version control! You'll learn how to undo and modify changes that have been saved to the repository.

Undoing Changes

You'll learn how to create remote repositories on GitHub and how to get and send changes to the remote repository.

Working with Remotes

In this lesson, you'll learn how to fork another developer's project. Collaborating with other developers can be a tricky process, so you'll learn how to contribute to a public project.

Working on Another Developer's Repository

You'll learn how to send suggested changes to another developer by using pull requests. You'll also learn how to use the powerful `git rebase` command to squash commits together.

Staying in Sync with a Remote Repository

Programmers use version control software to manage changes to software projects large and small. In these lessons you will learn to keep track of changes to your code using the Git version control software, and collaborate with other programmers using GitHub.

Git & GitHub

Welcome to the world of programming! Learn the skills that all programmers use, whether they build apps, web pages, or analyze data.

Intro to Programming

Instructor 

Kelly Howard

Command Line Instructor

Karl Krueger

FULL STACK DEVELOPER

Rachel Manning

Science Teacher and Educational Psychologist

Abe Feinberg

Instructor

Richard Kalehoff

Julia Van Cleve

James Parkes

Sign up for Udacity's Introduction to Programming online course and take the first step towards careers in Web and App Development, Machine Learning, and more!

Intro to Programming

Courses In This Program