Introduction to Fortran

Get an introduction to the Fortran programming language and how and why you might want to use it.

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