When we are programming, we need to remember 'something'; a '**value**'.
Throughout these notes we have seen many examples of programming statements and expressions, but these are not from a real programming language.
Before we start learning how to code, let's talk about the _process of learning to code_. Some people will find this process straightforward.
Sometimes we might want to repeat some code a number of times...
Programming is the task of writing a set of **clear instructions** to make a computer **perform some task**.
We need to write code that **does something**
It is useful to have some values that either **are** or **aren't**.
We have already discussed the need to give our variables **meaningful** names so that we, the humans who will read the code can make sense of what the code is trying to do.