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Sams Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24 Hours, Second Editionexplains the basics of programming in the successful 24-Hours format. The book begins with the absolute basics of programming: Why program? What tools to use? How does a program tell the computer what to do? It teaches readers how to program the computer and then moves on by exploring the some most popular programming languages in use. The author starts by introducing the reader to the Basic language and finishes with basic programming techniques for Java, C++, and others.

Greg Perry is a speaker and writer on both the programming and the application sides of computing. He is known for his skills at bringing advanced computer topics down to the novice's level. Perry has been a programmer and trainer since the early 1980s. He received his first degree in computer science and a master's degree in corporate finance. Perry's books have sold more than 2 million copies worldwide. He has authored bestselling books that include Sams Teach Yourself Office XP in 24 Hours, Absolute Beginner's Guide to C, Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 21 Days, and Sams Teach Yourself Windows XP in 24 Hours. He has written about rental-property management and loves to travel. His favorite place to be when away from home is either at New York's Patsy's or in Italy because he wants to practice his fractured, broken Italian (if a foreign language were as easy as a computer language, he'd be fluent by now).

Introduction

1

(4)

Part I Start Programming Today

5

(126)

Hands-on Programming with Liberty BASIC

7

(18)

Process and Techniques

25

(16)

Designing a Program

41

(18)

Getting Input and Displaying Output

59

(16)

Data Processing with Numbers and Words

75

(22)

Controlling Your Programs

97

(14)

Debugging Tools

111

(20)

Part II Programming Fundamentals

131

(74)

Structured Techniques

133

(12)

Programming Algorithms

145

(26)

Having Fun with Liberty BASIC

171

(14)

Advanced Programming Issues

185

(20)

Part III Stepping Up to Java

205

(68)

Programming with Java

207

(18)

Java's Details

225

(18)

Java has Class

243

(16)

Applets and Web Pages

259

(14)

Part IV Other Programming Languages

273

(110)

Programming with Visual Basic

275

(22)

Programming with C and C++

297

(26)

Web Pages with HTML

323

(16)

Scripting with JavaScript

339

(12)

Dynamic HTML and XML

351

(20)

NET-The Future of Online Programming

371

(12)

Part V The Business of Programming

383

(48)

How Companies Program

385

(20)

Distributing Applications

405

(14)

The Future of Programming

419

(12)

PArt VI Appendixes

431

(42)

A Glossary

433

(16)

B Quiz Answers

449

(14)

C ASCII Table

463

(10)

Index

473

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Sams Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24 Hours

Sams Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24 Hours

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