Programming Like a Pro for Teens
Are you ready to learn how to program a computer? You’ll do just that in this book. PROGRAMMING LIKE A PRO FOR TEENS is written in a friendly, unassuming voice that makes it possible for you to master the ideas and concepts that professionals use for programming every day. You learn algorithmic thinking and problem-solving in addition to the C++ language. This book takes a different approach than others that teach programming. It focuses on problem-solving techniques and thought processes and introduces features at your level of complexity. Introductory problem-solving techniques pave the way toward increasingly more advanced techniques. This approach allows you to engage in meaningful programming experiences early in the book, which motivates you to continue. Solutions to end-of-chapter exercises, source code, and other learning materials are included on the companion website.
Features of Programming Like a Pro for Teens
- Facilitates comprehension with a clear, straightforward writing style that won’t bog you down with computer jargon.
- Allows quick and easy access to the information you need with a logical organization based on activities and tasks.
- Encourages the application of key concepts by including a small-, medium-, and large-scale problem in each chapter and closing each chapter with domain-centered challenges.
- Enhances the learning experience with a companion website that includes example programs from the book.
How to Use This Book
This book introduces computer programming to teens using ideas and concepts that professionals use for programming every day. The book is suitable for any beginning programming course or CS1 course at the high school or collegiate level. It has been structured so that the C++ content of the book can be used to solve all the exercises at the end of each chapter. You should not use this book as a C++ reference book because it does not cover every aspect of the C++ language. If you would like to have a complete C++ reference as a companion to this book, look for The C++ Programming Language  by Bjarne Stroustrup (C++ inventor) or C++: The Complete Reference by Herbert Schlidt.
Each chapter of this book presents a collection of ideas and concepts that are related to computer programming and C++. Each chapter has notes and sidebars to provide additional information about given topics. In addition, each chapter has complete pseudocode or C++ programs. You are encouraged to trace the pseudocode and compile and test the C++ programs for better understanding. At the end of each chapter are a handful of exercises to apply the knowledge of the chapter and previous chapters. The majority of the concepts that you need for solving an exercise are in that chapter; however, you need to keep previous chapters’ concepts in mind as well.
Book Details
Programming Like a Pro for Teens
- By: Charles R. Hardnett
- Publisher: Course Technology PTR
- Pub. Date: 2011
- Print ISBN-13: 9781435459243
- Pages in Print Edition: 432
- File Size : 2.82 MB
- Format : PDF
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