Sams Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24 Hours

by Perry, Greg

• ISBN13: 9780672323072
• ISBN10: 0672323079
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-02
• Publisher: Sams Publishing

Summary

Sams Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24 Hours, Second Editionexplains the basics of programming in the successful 24-Hours format. The book begins with the absolute basics of programming: Why program? What tools to use? How does a program tell the computer what to do? It teaches readers how to program the computer and then moves on by exploring the some most popular programming languages in use. The author starts by introducing the reader to the Basic language and finishes with basic programming techniques for Java, C++, and others.

Author Biography

Greg Perry is a speaker and writer on both the programming and the application sides of computing. He is known for his skills at bringing advanced computer topics down to the novice's level. Perry has been a programmer and trainer since the early 1980s. He received his first degree in computer science and a master's degree in corporate finance. Perry's books have sold more than 2 million copies worldwide. He has authored bestselling books that include Sams Teach Yourself Office XP in 24 Hours, Absolute Beginner's Guide to C, Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 21 Days, and Sams Teach Yourself Windows XP in 24 Hours. He has written about rental-property management and loves to travel. His favorite place to be when away from home is either at New York's Patsy's or in Italy because he wants to practice his fractured, broken Italian (if a foreign language were as easy as a computer language, he'd be fluent by now).

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
Part I Start Programming Today	5	(126)
Hands-on Programming with Liberty BASIC	7	(18)
Process and Techniques	25	(16)
Designing a Program	41	(18)
Getting Input and Displaying Output	59	(16)
Data Processing with Numbers and Words	75	(22)
Controlling Your Programs	97	(14)
Debugging Tools	111	(20)
Part II Programming Fundamentals	131	(74)
Structured Techniques	133	(12)
Programming Algorithms	145	(26)
Having Fun with Liberty BASIC	171	(14)
Advanced Programming Issues	185	(20)
Part III Stepping Up to Java	205	(68)
Programming with Java	207	(18)
Java's Details	225	(18)
Java has Class	243	(16)
Applets and Web Pages	259	(14)
Part IV Other Programming Languages	273	(110)
Programming with Visual Basic	275	(22)
Programming with C and C++	297	(26)
Web Pages with HTML	323	(16)
Scripting with JavaScript	339	(12)
Dynamic HTML and XML	351	(20)
NET-The Future of Online Programming	371	(12)
Part V The Business of Programming	383	(48)
How Companies Program	385	(20)
Distributing Applications	405	(14)
The Future of Programming	419	(12)
PArt VI Appendixes	431	(42)
A Glossary	433	(16)
B Quiz Answers	449	(14)
C ASCII Table	463	(10)
Index	473