Wallace Wang - Beginning Programming All-in-One For Dummies

Beginning Programming All-in-One For Dummies®, 2nd Edition

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ISBN 978-1-119-88440-8 (pbk); ISBN 978-1-119-88441-5 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-119-88442-2 (ebk)

1 Cover

2 Title Page

3 Copyright

4 Introduction About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here

5 Book 1: Getting Started with Programming Chapter 1: Getting Started Programming a Computer How Computer Programming Works The History of Computer Programming Figuring Out Programming Chapter 2: Different Methods for Writing Programs Spaghetti Programming Structured Programming Event-Driven Programming Object-Oriented Programming Using Protocol-Oriented Programming Design Patterns Chapter 3: Types of Programming Languages Your First Language Curly-Bracket Languages Artificial Intelligence Languages Scripting Languages Database Programming Languages Comparing Programming Languages Chapter 4: Programming Tools Choosing a Compiler Finding an Interpreter Compiling to a Virtual Machine Writing a Program with an Editor Fixing a Program with a Debugger Saving Time with Third-Party Components Optimizing a Program with a Profiler Managing Source Code Creating a Help File Installing a Program Dissecting Programs with a Disassembler

6 Book 2: Programming Basics Chapter 1: How Programs Work Using Keywords as Building Blocks Organizing a Program Dividing a Program into Subprograms Dividing a Program into Objects Creating a User Interface Chapter 2: Variables, Data Types, and Constants Declaring Variables Using Different Data Types Storing Data in a Variable Retrieving Data from a Variable Using Constant Values Defining the Scope of a Variable Chapter 3: Manipulating Data Storing Data with the Assignment Operator Using Math to Manipulate Numbers Manipulating Strings Finding Strings with Regular Expressions Using Comparison Operators Using Boolean Operators Converting Data Types Chapter 4: Making Decisions by Branching Picking One Choice with the IF-THEN Statement Picking Two Choices with the IF-THEN-ELSE Statement Picking Three or More Choices with the IF-THEN-ELSEIF Statement Playing with Multiple Boolean Operators Making Multiple Choices with the SELECT CASE Statement Chapter 5: Repeating Commands by Looping Looping a Fixed Number of Times with the FOR-NEXT Loop Looping Zero or More Times with the WHILE Loop Looping at Least Once with the DO Loop Playing with Nested Loops Prematurely Exiting from a Loop Checking Your Loops Chapter 6: Breaking a Large Program into Subprograms Creating and Using Subprograms Passing Parameters Repeating a Subprogram with Recursion Chapter 7: Breaking a Large Program into Objects How Object-Oriented Programming Works Encapsulation Isolates Data and Subprograms Sharing Code with Inheritance Polymorphism: Modifying Code without Changing Its Name Design Patterns Object-Oriented Languages Real-Life Programming Examples Chapter 8: Reading and Saving Files Storing Data in Text Files Storing Fixed-Size Data in Random-Access Files Storing Varying-Size Data in Untyped Files Using Database Files Chapter 9: Documenting Your Program Adding Comments to Source Code Writing Software Documentation Chapter 10: Principles of User Interface Design The Evolution of User Interfaces Elements of a User Interface Designing a User Interface Chapter 11: Debugging and Testing Common Types of Programming Errors Debugging with Comments and Print Statements Breakpoints, Stepping, and Watching Testing Code

7 Book 3: Data Structures Chapter 1: Structures and Arrays Using Structures Using an Array Working with Resizable Arrays Working with Multidimensional Arrays Using Structures with Arrays Drawbacks of Arrays Chapter 2: Sets and Linked Lists Using Sets Using Linked Lists Drawbacks of Sets and Linked Lists Chapter 3: Collections and Dictionaries Using a Collection Using Dictionaries Understanding Hash Tables Chapter 4: Stacks, Queues, and Deques Using Stacks Using Queues Using Deques Chapter 5: Graphs and Trees Understanding Graphs Creating Trees Taking Action on Trees