Beginning Programming All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies

by Wang, Wallace

• ISBN13: 9780470108543
• ISBN10: 0470108541
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-06-03
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

So you want to be a programmer? Or maybe you just want to be able 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 beefy, book.In this practical guide, you'll find out about compiling, algorithms, best practices, 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. Seven minibooks cover: Getting started Programming basics Data structures Algorithms Web programming Programming language syntax ApplicationsBeginning 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. You'll even get a look into various applications like database management, bioinformatics, computer security, and artificial intelligence. Soon you'll realize that - wow! You're a programmer!

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Getting Started	p. 5
Getting Started Programming a Computer	p. 7
Different Methods for Writing Programs	p. 29
Tvpes of Programming Languages	p. 49
Programming Tools	p. 83
Managing Large Projects with Software Engineering	p. 107
Proqramminq Basics	p. 125
How Programs Work	p. 127
Variables, Data Types, and Constants	p. 141
Manipulating Data	p. 161
Making Decisions by Branching	p. 181
Repeating Commands by Looping	p. 199
Breaking a Large Program into Subprograms	p. 213
Breaking a Large Program into Objects	p. 231
Reading and Saving Files	p. 259
Documenting Your Program	p. 277
Principles of User Interlace Design	p. 289
Data Structures	p. 309
Structures and Arrays	p. 311
Sets and Linked Lists	p. 329
Collections and Dictionaries	p. 345
Stacks, Queues, and Deques	p. 361
Graphs and Trees	p. 375
Algorithms	p. 391
Sorting Algorithms	p. 393
Searching Algorithms	p. 409
String Searching	p. 423
Data Compression Algorithms	p. 435
Encryption Algorithms	p. 445
Web Programming	p. 461
HyperText Markup Language	p. 463
CSS	p. 477
JavaScript	p. 485
PHP	p. 491
Ruby	p. 509
Programming Language Syntax	p. 521
C and C++	p. 523
Java and C#	p. 541
Perl and Python	p. 559
Pascal and Delphi	p. 575
Visual Basic and REALbasic	p. 589
Applications	p. 607
Database Management	p. 609
Bioinformatics	p. 625
Computer Security	p. 633
Artificial Intelligence	p. 643
The Future of Computer Programming	p. 657
Index	p. 671
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