Studying Programming
by Fincher, SallyFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-09-15
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary
This book is a must-have guide for anyone who wants to tackle headon some of the puzzling aspects of programming and the pitfalls to avoid. Armed with this book, you can embark on your course with confidence!
Author Biography
Studying Programming is co-authored by Sally Fincher and eight other members of the Computer Education Research Group at the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. All are practising computer science (CS) academics with a research interest in CS education. They bring to this book their individual specialist areas of computer education research.
SALLY FINCHER is Lecturer in the Computing Laboratory at the University of Kent where she leads the Computer Education Research Group. She is editor of the Journal Computer Science Education jointly with Renee McCauley
The other authors from the Computer Education Research Group are:
DAVID BARNES is a Lecturer at the University of Kent.
JANET CARTER teaches Mathematics, Formal Reasoning and Network Analysis to Computer Science students.
ALIY FOWLER is a Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Kent.
URSULA FULLER is Dean of Science, Technology and Medical Studies at the University of Kent.
MATTHEW JADUD is a PhD student at the University of Kent.
COLIN JOHNSON is a Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Kent.
BOB KEIM is a Lecturer in Computing at the University of Kent-Medway.
JANET LININGTON is a Lecturer in the Computing Laboratory at the University of Kent.
SALLY FINCHER is Lecturer in the Computing Laboratory at the University of Kent where she leads the Computer Education Research Group. She is editor of the Journal Computer Science Education jointly with Renee McCauley
The other authors from the Computer Education Research Group are:
DAVID BARNES is a Lecturer at the University of Kent.
JANET CARTER teaches Mathematics, Formal Reasoning and Network Analysis to Computer Science students.
ALIY FOWLER is a Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Kent.
URSULA FULLER is Dean of Science, Technology and Medical Studies at the University of Kent.
MATTHEW JADUD is a PhD student at the University of Kent.
COLIN JOHNSON is a Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Kent.
BOB KEIM is a Lecturer in Computing at the University of Kent-Medway.
JANET LININGTON is a Lecturer in the Computing Laboratory at the University of Kent.
Table of Contents
| List of Figures | p. vii |
| List of Tables | p. viii |
| About the Authors | p. ix |
| Getting Started | |
| Who is this Book for? | p. 3 |
| What is Programming? | p. 7 |
| Everyone Makes Mistakes | p. 20 |
| Your First Program | |
| Before You Start | p. 35 |
| Writing Your First Program | p. 48 |
| The Nature of Errors | p. 63 |
| Your Next Programs | |
| The Many Ways of Programming | p. 77 |
| Writing Bigger Programs | p. 89 |
| Becoming a Detective | p. 104 |
| It All Gets Interesting | |
| Grappling with Design | p. 123 |
| Writing Your nth Program | p. 133 |
| Juggling All the Pieces | p. 149 |
| Other Languages | |
| Why Do We Have Different Programming Languages? | p. 159 |
| Exploiting Your Programming Skills | p. 167 |
| Taking Programming Further | p. 178 |
| Here be Dragons! | |
| How Languages Differ | p. 199 |
| Notes | p. 227 |
| Glossary | p. 229 |
| Index | p. 256 |
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