Beginning programming : all-in-one

ISBN: 9781119884408
ISBN: 1119884403
Physical Description: xix, 774 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: 2nd edition.
Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley &amp; Sons, Inc., [2022]
Copyright: &copy;2022

Book

Beginning programming : all-in-one / by Wallace Wang.

Summary:

A guide to computer programming covers such topics as data structures, algorithms, Web programming, syntax, and applications.

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.
Formatted Contents Note:: 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.