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Programming A Beginner's Guide

Authors: Mansfield, Richard
Division: Professional & Medical
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-162472-5
ISBN-10: 0071624724
©2009 | 1st Edition | 352 pages , Softcover
Status: Active, In Print
Price: US$ 29.99

Description | Features | Contents |

Description:

Essential Programming Skills--Made Easy!

Learn programming fundamentals quickly with help from this hands-on tutorial. No previous experience required! Programming: A Beginner's Guide gets you started right away writing a simple but useful program in Visual Basic Express Edition, and then moves on to more advanced projects, including a quiz program and a protected personal diary. You'll develop real-world programming skills, like designing user interfaces and working with variables, arrays, loops, and procedures. By the end of this clear and entertaining book, you'll be able to create, debug, and customize your own practical Windows-based programs with ease.

Designed for Easy Learning

  • Key Skills & Concepts--Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter
  • Ask the Expert--Q & A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips
  • Try This--Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills
  • Notes--Extra information related to the topic being covered
  • Tips--Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things
  • Annotated programming--Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated

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New Features:

  •  All examples are given in executable Visual Basic programming language, which the reader will be able to copy and paste from the Web page into his or her Visual Basic Editor, press the F5 key, and run. (Readers don?t have to figure out how to combine partial code snippets or add code to a procedure before it will work)


    Step-by-step tutorials take readers through the process of creating practical programs for Windows

    Readers immediately develop a firm understanding of the elements of programming, which can be extended to all programming languages

    Not a survey book that looks superficially at multiple languages, Programming: A Beginner's Guide walks the reader through an in-depth understanding

    Examples are based on Visual Basic Express, a free download from Microsoft's website

    The author is a former editor of COMPUTE! Magazine who has written hundreds of articles on programming, as well a four best-selling books on Visual Basic and Assembly Language

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Table of Contents:

Part I: Introduction to Programming
1. Introduction to Programming
2. Writing Your First Program
3. Exploring the Editor
4. Creating A User Interface
Part II: The Elements of Programming
5. Mastering Variables
6. Using Arrays
7. Looping for Repetitive Tasks
8. Making Decisions
PART III: Building Practical Programs
9. Organizing a Large Program
10. Adding Procedures to Programs
11. Tracking Down Errors
12. Getting Help
13. Where to Go from Here
Part IV: Appendixes
A: The 17 Primary Visual Basic Express Commands
B: Variable and Control Naming Conventions
C: Keyboard Shortcuts
D: The ASCII Character Codes
Glossary
Index

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