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= Jumpstart=Jumpstart for Beginners:=
=Programming Concepts=

The Jumpstart course was conceived and designed by Jerry Muelver [[user:jmuelver]]. The outline and many of the lessons were written by Jerry Muelver. The staff of the Liberty BASIC Programmer's Encyclopedia is modifyingdeveloping this introductory course on programming concepts as a collaborative project using the course and will be adding lessons with Jerry's permission and help. It attempts to follow Jerry's TOPS teaching system.
http://hytext.com/TOPS.htmlmethods described in the [[http://hytext.com/TOPS.html|TOPS instructional system]].

== Before==Before You Start==
This tutorial, **Jumpstart for Beginners: Programming Concepts**, is intended for complete beginners who are interested in learning about computer programming. ** Jumpstart** **Jumpstart** will not teach you everything you need to land a job as a programmer, but it ** will** **will** help you:
* learn basic programming concepts
* practice using those concepts
* add to your knowledge step-by-step 
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* write real programs in ** Liberty **Liberty BASIC**, a real programming language

Next, a few hints on getting the most out of **Jumpstart**.
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