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<blockquote><div class="quotetitle">Quote from Guest on May 19, 2020, 7:17 pm</div><blockquote>
<div class="quotetitle">Quote from Guest on May 13, 2020, 4:31 am</div>
"The coding process sounds like a logic problem."

Coding is very much based on traditional logic! When you get to having your program make decisions, the processes follow if/then/else patterns, which I'm sure you cover in critical thinking.

"Questions that remain about coding for me include how does a code become the polished software interface we see when we interact with the program?"

This depends on the language! In HTML and CSS, the files are saved as plain text, which the browser will then interpret as a website because of the .html and .css file extensions. For these, you only have to save the code you write as an .html or.css file for them to be opened correctly by a web browser.

For something like Flutter, a program will compile the code, which is basically translating it into machine code, which is what is run by the actual device. This would create a file that can be installed on the computer or device, just like the apps you download and install from the App Store, Google Play, or similar.</blockquote>
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