Book description
Sams Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24 Hours explains the basics of programming in the successful 24 Hours format. The book's examples are easily readable and understandable by even those with no previous exposure to programming.
This book covers the absolute basics of programming: Why program? What tools to use? How does a program tell the computer what to do? Readers will learn how to program the computer and will explore some of the most popular programming languages in use. This book will introduce the reader to common programming fundamentals using Python and will provide an overview of other common programming languages and their uses.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- About This E-Book
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents at a Glance
- Table of Contents
- About the Author
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- We Want to Hear from You
- Register Your Book
- Introduction
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Part I: Start Programming Today
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Hour 1. Hands-On Programming
- Get Ready to Program
- What a Computer Program Does
- Common Programming Misconceptions
- Many Programs Already Exist
- Programmers Are in Demand
- The Real Value of Programs
- Users Generally Don’t Own Programs
- Giving Computers Programs
- Your First Program
- Clarifying Comments
- Entering Your Own Program
- Summary
- Q&A
- Workshop
- Hour 2. Process and Techniques
- Hour 3. Designing a Program
- Hour 4. Getting Input and Displaying Output
- Hour 5. Data Processing with Numbers and Words
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Hour 1. Hands-On Programming
- Part II: Programming Fundamentals
- Part III: Java and Object-Oriented Programming
- Part IV: Web Development with HTML and JavaScript
- Part V: Other Programming Languages
- Part VI: The Business of Programming
- Appendix A. Installing Python
- Index
- Appendix B. Using the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment
- Appendix C. Glossary
- Code Snippets
Product information
- Title: Sams Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24 Hours, 4th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2019
- Publisher(s): Sams
- ISBN: 9780135895610
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