- Purpose of group
- Our tools: Languages/software we will learn
- Examples of coding applications for speech
- Download R, RStudio, Praat
- Intro to RStudio
- Topics for the term
25/02/2020
Computer Coding: Writing something in a language a computer can understand in order to tell the computer to do a specific thing or set of things.
Why bother telling a computer what to do when we can just do it ourselves?
Why bother telling a computer what to do when we can just do it ourselves?
Coding: Writing in a language a computer can understand
Scripting: A type of coding that tells a specific program exactly what actions to take
Programming: Writing code that serves to actually create another program (an app, software, etc)
Scripts: Text files containing code.
Functions: A certain named format of code that outlines a procedure. Often this allows several lines of code to be executed with a single line of code (by using the name of the function)
=sum(2,2)
. sum()
is the function that takes input (in this case, numbers), and performs an a specific action (adds them).Calling: Invoke a function by using the name of the function and specifying parameters.
Example: Starbucks data
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