39: Programming - the real basics! - Opera Developer Community: "As an experienced developer you’ll sooner or later have to face people that are just not technical and will consider whatever you do as black magic. Conversely, as a non-technical person, not knowing what someone delivering work for you is doing is a bad starting position. This article explains in simple terms what programming is about and hopefully will help both parties involved to steer these non-conversations into more productive waters.
It will also help novice web developers to take on board some generic programming principles that are essential to undertand before you start learning how to code JavaScript. It may seem boring to begin with, but trust me, your work will be a lot more robust, dynamic and creative (read: a lot more WOW factor) if you get these rudimentary principles down in the first place. Learning the basic fundamentals of programming is important before you start working in particular languages (JavaScript, in the case of this course)."
