Read, Norton, Chapter 11 3. Read the links related to batch files. Note any problems you had in particular. Do the Review Questions at the end of Norton, Ch. 11. We cannot do justice to the intricacies and wonders of programming languages in this class because that is far outside the scope of this course.
Computer programmers have their own tools for developing software.
In some business and mainframe environments, you may encounter Cobol and less commonly in certain scientific areas, Fortran. We start with an oversimplification. That process is systems analysis and design . The first steps of systems analysis often take the form of notes, diagrams, samples of screen layouts, and printouts. Part the design cycle is to determine which programming language is appropriate and which coding approach is to be used.