Title:
Beginning programming for dummies
Author:
Wang, Wally.
ISBN:
9780764508356
Personal Author:
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Hungry Minds, ©2001.
Physical Description:
xxii, 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.).
Series:
--For dummies
--For dummies.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
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.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/wiley021/00112169.html