Beginning Programming All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies
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The fun, fast, and easy way to learn programming fundamentals and essentials – from C to Visual Basic and all the languages in between So you want to be a programmer? Or maybe you just want to make your computer do what YOU want for a change? Maybe you enjoy the challenge of identifying a problem and solving it. If programming intrigues you (for whatever reason), Beginning Programming All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies is like having a starter programming library all in one handy, if hefty, book. In this practical guide, you'll find out about algorithms, best practices, compiling, debugging your programs, and much more. The concepts are illustrated in several different programming languages, so you'll get a feel for the variety of languages and the needs they fill. Inside you'll discover seven minibooks: Getting Started: From learning methods for writing programs to becoming familiar with types of programming languages, you'll lay the foundation for your programming adventure with this minibook. Programming Basics: Here you’ll dive into how programs work, variables, data types, branching, looping, subprograms, objects, and more. Data Structures: From structures, arrays, sets, linked lists, and collections, to stacks, queues, graphs, and trees, you'll dig deeply into the data. Algorithms: This minibook shows you how to sort and search algorithms, how to use string searching, and gets into data compression and encryption. Web Programming: Learn everything you need to know about coding for the web: HyperText. Markup Language (better known simply as HTML), CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and Ruby. Programming Language Syntax: Introduces you to the syntax of various languages – C, C++, Java, C#, Perl, Python, Pascal, Delphi, Visual Basic, REALbasic – so you know when to use which one. Applications: This is the fun part where you put your newly developed programming skills to work in practical ways. Additionally, Beginning Programming All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies shows you how to decide what you want your program to do, turn your instructions into "machine language" that the computer understands, use programming best practices, explore the "how" and "why" of data structuring, and more. And you'll get a look into various applications like database management, bioinformatics, computer security, and artificial intelligence. After you get this book and start coding, you'll soon realize that — wow! You're a programmer!

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1 Book I: Getting Started 5 Chapter 1: Getting Started Programming a Computer 7 Chapter 2: Different Methods for Writing Programs 29 Chapter 3: Types of Programming Languages 49 Chapter 4: Programming Tools 83 Chapter 5: Managing Large Projects with Software Engineering 107 Book II: Programming Basics 125 Chapter 1: How Programs Work 127 Chapter 2: Variables, Data Types, and Constants 141 Chapter 3: Manipulating Data 161 Chapter 4: Making Decisions by Branching 181 Chapter 5: Repeating Commands by Looping 199 Chapter 6: Breaking a Large Program into Subprograms 213 Chapter 7: Breaking a Large Program into Objects 231 Chapter 8: Reading and Saving Files 259 Chapter 9: Documenting Your Program 277 Chapter 10: Principles of User Interface Design 289 Book III: Data Structures 309 Chapter 1: Structures and Arrays 311 Chapter 2: Sets and Linked Lists 329 Chapter 3: Collections and Dictionaries 345 Chapter 4: Stacks, Queues, and Deques 361 Chapter 5: Graphs and Trees 375 Book IV: Algorithms 391 Chapter 1: Sorting Algorithms 393 Chapter 2: Searching Algorithms 409 Chapter 3: String Searching 423 Chapter 4: Data Compression Algorithms 435 Chapter 5: Encryption Algorithms 445 Book V: Web Programming 461 Chapter 1: HyperText Markup Language 463 Chapter 2: CSS 477 Chapter 3: JavaScript 485 Chapter 4: PHP 497 Chapter 5: Ruby 509 Book VI: Programming Language Syntax 521 Chapter 1: C and C++ 523 Chapter 2: Java and C# 541 Chapter 3: Perl and Python 559 Chapter 4: Pascal and Delphi 575 Chapter 5: Visual Basic and REALbasic 589 Book VII: Applications 607 Chapter 1: Database Management 609 Chapter 2: Bioinformatics 625 Chapter 3: Computer Security 633 Chapter 4: Artificial Intelligence 643 Chapter 5: The Future of Computer Programming 657 Index 671

About the Author :
Wallace Wang is a bestselling author with more than 2.3 million For Dummies books in print. He wrote Beginning Programming For Dummies and moonlights as a stand-up comic.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781118051221
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: For Dummies
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 111805122X
  • Publisher Date: 08 Feb 2011
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 720


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