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In the next video, I'll teach you some of the basics of writing pseudo code.

I hope you've enjoyed your learning so far and are prepared to continue your journey.

In this workshop, I'll teach you how to write something called pseudo code.

Pseudo code will help you plan your projects ahead, communicate your ideas to

teammates, and help you identify logical errors before you write any code.

Programs contain both logic and syntax.

Logic is the order in which the program runs, the decisions made

within the program, and how you structure the different parts of the program.

Syntax is the actual programming language, the very specific set of words and

symbols you write to make the program work.

Each language has its own specific syntax.

So to create a variable in JavaScript, you write something like this, but

in C#, it would look like this.

Both lines of code do the same thing,

store the value zero into a variable named score.

The syntax is different, but the logic is the same in both cases.

Taking through the logic of a program is often the biggest challenge in

creating a program.

And fortunately, using pseudo code,

you can easily lay out your program's logic before coding.

Pseudo code is a notation that resembles plain speech to describe the logic of

your program.

Here's an example of pseudo code that describes the college admissions program.

You can see it reads very much like English, no programming syntax required.

For example, some lines start with verbs like set, input, and output.

These might be the actions or functions in the program.

Questions that may lead to different paths or

conditions begin with words like else or if.

Keep in mind that pseudo code is meant for humans, not computers.

It's not real code and won't run on a computer.

But it does help you describe how the program will run.

Pseudo code can also be used as comments to document your code.

One of my favorite practices is writing pseudo code in the text editor as

comments, and then writing my code directly under each line.

In the next video, I'll teach you some of the basics of writing pseudo code.