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Introduction to Fortran

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Overview

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Learning Fortran
  • Initial setup: Windows
  • Initial setup: Mac
  • Initial setup: Linux
  • Structure of a Fortran program
1. Fixing Mistakes
  • Chapter intro: Fixing mistakes
  • Compiler error messages: Typos in keywords
  • Compiler error messages: Typos in user defined names
  • Compiler error messages: Type mismatches
  • Compiler error messages: Syntax errors
2. The Basics
  • Chapter intro: The basics
  • Variables
  • Detailed variable behavior demonstration
  • Named constants
  • Expressions, order of operations, and type conversions
  • Expression demonstration
  • Conditional constructs
  • Looping constructs
  • Arrays
3. Interactivity
  • Chapter intro: Interactivity
  • User input
  • Working with files
  • Challenge: Create a To Do list application
  • Solution: A completed To Do application
4. Organization and Reuse
  • Chapter intro: Organization and reuse
  • Function and subroutine syntax
  • Argument association and execution semantics
  • Modules
  • Challenge: Reorganize your To Do application
  • Solution: A more organized To Do application
Conclusion
  • The future of Fortran
  • Next steps for advancement

Taught by

Brad Richardson

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