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Thinking about Computer Programming?
The objective of this book is to get the reader to start thinking in a way that would be required of a successful computer programmer. This is achieved by getting the reader to think logically about things that can occur in everyday life and apply reason and logic to them. It aims to teach the frame of mind required to become a computer programmer. Anybody who reads this book has the potential to take up computer programming as a hobby or career.
120 pages, Paperback
Published January 20, 2000
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About the author
Stephen P. Smith
9 books2 followersStephen P. Smith is a British fiction author specialising in the aftermath and loss of the World Wars with a second genre of comedy. He also writes non-fiction, covering his hill-walking, IT and Charlie Chaplin.
In January 2025 he published his third novel, 'The Last Secret of The Soul' about ten-year-old Feitel Scher's harrowing journey through the Holocaust unveiling a tale of courage, resilience, and the enduring bond between a mother and her son. Separated at the gates of a concentration camp, Feitel grapples with loss and loneliness, clinging to her last words: 'Find somebody to look after you.' As he navigates the horrors of the concentration camp and witnesses the devastation of war-torn Berlin, Feitel's quest to find sanctuary and someone to care for him becomes a poignant story of hope in the face of unimaginable darkness.
Stephen's second was a best-selling novella, 'The Veteran and The Boy', published in 2018. Set in 1930s rural England where the Great War still casts its shadow. One ex-soldier, ‘The Veteran’, is suffering from shellshock and spends his days wandering between the market town of Devizes and the surrounding villages. He’s as outcast as the bullied schoolboy, Billy Shelton, who he befriends and protects. But when The Veteran is accused of a crime its Billy's turn to step in and protect him. Described as 'A bewitching story of a homeless World War 1 with a dark and powerful ending'.
In 2018 he published his first novel, 'The Unsound Convictions of Judge Stephen Mentall'. Stephen describes this as an irreverent, high-pace, anarchistic romp, covering contemporary topics such as the sexual shenanigans of once untouchable establishment figures, police force mergers, poor quality care homes and the struggles the establishment has in keeping pace with political correctness.
Stephen has had books published on computer programming, Charlie Chaplin, (a biography entitled 'The Charlie Chaplin Walk') and two best-selling autobiographies charting his hill-walking entitled 'The Munros' and 'Walking it Through'.
Stephen has a first class honours degree in Computing and Electronics, a field he then worked in for thirty years before retiring in 2017 to concentrate on his writing and hill walking.
Stephen is also a seasoned rail campaigner and in 2013 he received Rail Future's Clara Zilahi Award for Best Campaigner.
In January 2025 he published his third novel, 'The Last Secret of The Soul' about ten-year-old Feitel Scher's harrowing journey through the Holocaust unveiling a tale of courage, resilience, and the enduring bond between a mother and her son. Separated at the gates of a concentration camp, Feitel grapples with loss and loneliness, clinging to her last words: 'Find somebody to look after you.' As he navigates the horrors of the concentration camp and witnesses the devastation of war-torn Berlin, Feitel's quest to find sanctuary and someone to care for him becomes a poignant story of hope in the face of unimaginable darkness.
Stephen's second was a best-selling novella, 'The Veteran and The Boy', published in 2018. Set in 1930s rural England where the Great War still casts its shadow. One ex-soldier, ‘The Veteran’, is suffering from shellshock and spends his days wandering between the market town of Devizes and the surrounding villages. He’s as outcast as the bullied schoolboy, Billy Shelton, who he befriends and protects. But when The Veteran is accused of a crime its Billy's turn to step in and protect him. Described as 'A bewitching story of a homeless World War 1 with a dark and powerful ending'.
In 2018 he published his first novel, 'The Unsound Convictions of Judge Stephen Mentall'. Stephen describes this as an irreverent, high-pace, anarchistic romp, covering contemporary topics such as the sexual shenanigans of once untouchable establishment figures, police force mergers, poor quality care homes and the struggles the establishment has in keeping pace with political correctness.
Stephen has had books published on computer programming, Charlie Chaplin, (a biography entitled 'The Charlie Chaplin Walk') and two best-selling autobiographies charting his hill-walking entitled 'The Munros' and 'Walking it Through'.
Stephen has a first class honours degree in Computing and Electronics, a field he then worked in for thirty years before retiring in 2017 to concentrate on his writing and hill walking.
Stephen is also a seasoned rail campaigner and in 2013 he received Rail Future's Clara Zilahi Award for Best Campaigner.
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