Beginning Programming for Dummies

Name: Beginning Programming for Dummies
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ISBN: 9780470088708

ISBN-10: 0470088702

ISBN-13: 9780470088708

Edition: 4th 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Wallace Wang

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Do you think the programmers who work at your office are magical wizards who hold special powers that manipulate your computer? Believe it or not, anyone can learn how to write programs, and it doesn't take a higher math and science education to start. Beginning Programming for Dummies shows you how computer programming works without all the technical details or hard programming language. It explores the common parts of every computer programming language and how to write for multiple platforms like Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux. This easily accessible guide provides you with the tools you need to: Create programs and divide them into subprograms Develop variables and use constants…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/6/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Wallace Wang is the author of several best-selling computer books, including My New Mac, My New iPhone, and Steal This Computer Book (all No Starch Press). He is also a successful standup comic who has appeared on A&E's "Evening at the Improv" and appears regularly at the Riviera Comedy Club in Las Vegas.




Programming a Computer



Learning Computer Programming for the First Time



All About Programming Languages



How to Write a Program



The Tools of a Computer Programmer



Learning Programming with QBASIC



Getting Your Hands on a Real Language: QBASIC



Handling Input and Output



Variables, Constants, and Comments



Crunching Numbers and Playing with Strings



Making Decisions with Control Statements



Repeating Yourself with Loops



Advanced QBasic Programming



Writing Large Programs Using Subroutines and Functions



Making Pretty Graphics and Obnoxious Noises



Saving and Retrieving Stuff in Files



Debugging Your QBASIC Programs



Dealing with Data Structures



Storing Stuff in Arrays



Lumping Related Data in Records



Linked Lists and Pointers



Playing with Object-Oriented Programming



Algorithms: Telling the Computer What To Do



Sorting



Searching



Optimizing Your Code



Internet Programming



Playing with HTML



Making Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript



Using Java Applets in Web Pages



The Part of Tens



Ten Cool Programming Careers



Ten Additional Programming Resources


Index


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