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How to design programs : an introduction to programming and computing Matthias Felleisen ... [et al.]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : The MIT Press, c2001.Description: xxx, 693 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0262062186
  • 9780262062183
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 005.12 FE HO
Online resources: Summary: This introduction to programming places computer science in the core of a liberal arts education. Unlike other introductory books, it focuses on the program design process. This approach fosters a variety of skills -- critical reading, analytical thinking, creative synthesis, and attention to detail -- that are important for everyone, not just future computer programmers. The book exposes readers to two fundamentally new ideas. First, it presents program design guidelines that show the reader how to analyze a problem statement; how to formulate concise goals; how to make up examples; how to develop an outline of the solution, based on the analysis; how to finish the program; and how to test. Each step produces a well-defined intermediate product. Second, the book comes with a novel programming environment, the first one explicitly designed for beginners. The environment grows with the readers as they master the material in the book until it supports a full-fledged language for the whole spectrum of programming tasks. - Publisher.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 005.12 FE HO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available May2018 T0059618
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005.12 DA GU Guide to programming with Python / 005.12 DE SY Systems analysis and design : 005.12 DI SO Software essentials : 005.12 FE HO How to design programs : 005.12 FE HO How to design programs : 005.12 FO UM UML distilled : 005.12 GA DE Design patterns :

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This introduction to programming places computer science in the core of a liberal arts education. Unlike other introductory books, it focuses on the program design process. This approach fosters a variety of skills -- critical reading, analytical thinking, creative synthesis, and attention to detail -- that are important for everyone, not just future computer programmers. The book exposes readers to two fundamentally new ideas. First, it presents program design guidelines that show the reader how to analyze a problem statement; how to formulate concise goals; how to make up examples; how to develop an outline of the solution, based on the analysis; how to finish the program; and how to test. Each step produces a well-defined intermediate product. Second, the book comes with a novel programming environment, the first one explicitly designed for beginners. The environment grows with the readers as they master the material in the book until it supports a full-fledged language for the whole spectrum of programming tasks. - Publisher.

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