Introduction to Computing and Programming in Python, A Multimedia Approach

Name: Introduction to Computing and Programming in Python, A Multimedia Approach
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ISBN: 9780131176553

ISBN-10: 0131176552

ISBN-13: 9780131176553

Edition: 2005

Authors: Mark Guzdial

List price: $107.00

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Guzdial introduces programming as a way of creating and manipulating mediaa context familiar and intriguing to todays readers.Starts readers with actual programming early on. Puts programming in a relevant context (Computing for Communications). Includes implementing Photoshop-like effects, reversing/splicing sounds, creating animations. Acknowledges that readers in this audience care about the Web; introduces HTML and covers writing programs that generate HTML. Uses the Web as a Data Source; shows readers how to read from files, but also how to write programs to directly read Web pages and distill information from there for use in other calculations, other Web pages, etc. (examples include…

Book details

List price: $107.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English




Introduction



Introduction to Computer Science and Media Computation



Introduction to Programming



Pictures



Modifying Pictures using Loops



Modifying pixels in a range



Combining Pictures



Sounds



Modifying Sounds using Loops



Modifying Samples in a Range



Combining Sounds



Design and Debugging



Text, Files, And Unimedia



Creating and Modifying Text



Making Text for the Web



Movies



Creating and Modifying Movies



Topics In Computer Science



Speed



Styles of Programming



Creating Graphical User Interfaces



JavaScript


Appendices