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EDIA’s Programming Pathway is a long-time passion project that has been transformed into reality. CEDIA Senior Director of Technical Training Steven Rissi and former Senior Director of Partnerships Ian Bryant took the lead from the CEDIA side, but knew they needed volunteers to figure out how robust to make the program. Since the early days, the pathway has blossomed into an amazing professional development opportunity for those in the residential technology industry.
What is the Programming Pathway? The Programming Pathway is a set of courses that set the foundations for programming in the industry. Topics cover a range of information: • • • • •
Programming basics Fundamentals of logic Executing multiple steps based on a single input User interfaces Industry best practices for making technology intuitive and usable • Testing your programming with real world exercises
