002. AQA A Level SLR01 Introduction to programming Part 2 – Basic constructs

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AQA Specification Reference
AS Level 3.1.1.2
A Level 4.1.1.2

This video is one in a series of six which provides you with an introduction to some fundamental concepts of programming. In this video we take a look at: Programming constructs (sequence, selection iteration) and then go on to discuss assignments, subroutines and nested statements.

Key questions:

- What are the three primary programming constructs?
- What do we mean by nesting constructs?

00:00 Programming basics - Part 2
00:06 Intro
00:11 What is a computer program?
00:31 Programming constructs
01:06 Sequence
01:24 Selection (branching)
01:54 Iteration (looping)
03:40 Nested structures
04:32 Key questions
04:45 Outro

Last updated: 04.09.25

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