Title:
Beginning programming : all-in-one
Author:
Wang, Wally, author.
ISBN:
9781119884408
Personal Author:
Uniform Title:
Beginning programming all-in-one desk reference for dummies
Edition:
2nd edition.
Physical Description:
xix, 774 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series:
For dummies
--For dummies.
General Note:
Includes index.
"7 books in one!"--Cover.
Previous edition: published as Beginning programming all-in-one desk reference for dummies. Hoboken: Wiley, 2008.
Contents:
Getting started with programming. Getting started programming a computer ; Different methods for writing programs ; Types of programming languages ; Programming tools -- Programming basics. How programs work ; Variables, data types, and constants ; Manipulating data ; Making decisions by branching ; Repeating commands by looping ; Breaking a large program into subprograms ; Breaking a large program into objects ; Reading and saving files ; Documenting your program ; Principles of user interface design ; Debugging and testing -- Data structures. Structures and arrays ; Sets and linked lists ; Collections and dictionaries ; Stacks, queues, and deques ; Graphs and trees -- Algorithms. Sorting algorithms ; Searching algorithms ; String searching ; Data compression algorithms ; Encryption algorithms -- Web programming. Hyper text markup language ; CSS ; JavaScript ; PHP ; Ruby -- Programming language syntax. C and C++ ; Java and C# ; Perl and Python ; Kotlin ; Swift and SwiftUI ; Flutter and Dart -- Applications. Database management ; Bioinformatics ; Computer security ; Artificial intelligence ; Mobile and wearable computing ; Game engines ; The future of computer programming.
Abstract:
A guide to computer programming covers such topics as data structures, algorithms, Web programming, syntax, and applications.
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