# Programming Primers--An Introduction

DevFeed: [Programming Primers--An Introduction](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/programming-primers-an-introduction-40236.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.jeremykun.com/2011/08/06/programming-primers-an-introduction/>)

Published: 2011-08-06T20:15:07Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Jeremy Kun](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jeremy-kun.md>)

Topics: [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Data structures](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-structures.md>), [Functional programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/functional-programming.md>), [Java](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/java.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [Racket](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/racket.md>)

Tags: [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [data-structures](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-structures.md>), [functional-programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/functional-programming.md>), [introduction](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/introduction.md>), [java](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [programming-languages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming-languages.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [racket](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/racket.md>)

## AI overview

This blog post introduces a planned series of programming primers for readers with little or no programming experience. It outlines coverage of general concepts such as data structures and functional programming, along with introductory tutorials for Mathematica, Java, Python, Racket, and possibly C or C++.

## Source excerpt

So far on this blog we've assumed familiarity with the programming languages used (at the time of this writing, this is Mathematica and Java). This is unfair for the mathematicians who have little to no programming experience, and we admit that some readers tend to skim those technical sections with source code. As our work on this blog progresses, we recognize that the mathematical elegance is sometimes inherently manifested within the code itself.