Learning computer programming for the first time -- All about programming languages -- How to write a program -- The tools of a computer programmer -- Getting your hands on a real language: Liberty BASIC -- Handling input and output -- Variables, constants, and comments -- Crunching numbers and playing with strings -- making decisions with control statements -- Repeating yourself with loops -- Writing large programs by using subprograms -- Drawing pictures and making noise -- Saving and retrieving stuff in files -- Creating a user interface -- Debugging programs -- Storing stuff in arrays -- Lumping related data in records -- Linked lists and pointers -- Playing with object-oriented programming -- Sorting -- Searching -- Optimizing your code -- Playing with HTML -- Making interactive web pages with JavaScript -- Using Java applets on web pages -- Programming in Python -- Ten cool programming careers -- Ten additional programming resources.