Wallace Wang 
Beginning Programming All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies [EPUB ebook] 

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 Dummiesis 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: Hyper Text. Markup Language (better known simply as HTML), CSS, Java Script, 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 Dummiesshows 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!

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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: Hyper Text Markup Language 463

Chapter 2: CSS 477

Chapter 3: Java Script 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

Über den Autor

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.