Beginning Programming For Dummies

by Wallace Wang

Discover the latest programming tips and techniques

Start writing programs for Windows, Linux, Macintosh, Palms, and PocketPCs

Ready to take control of your computer by writing your own programs? Mixing concepts with humor, author Wallace Wang shows you how to begin programming as simply and quickly as possible. In no time, you'll find out how to create and debug programs in Liberty BASIC, use algorithms, build interactive Web pages, and more!

All this on the bonus CD-ROM
* Liberty BASIC and other compilers
* All the examples and code from the book
* IBM Robocode V1.0.6
* JBuilder 9 Personal, C# Builder Personal, and Kylix Enterprise Trial


See the "About the CD-ROM" appendix for details and complete system requirements.

Discover how
* Choose the best programming language for your project
* Work with data structures
* Install and use Liberty BASIC
* Create interactive Web sites
* Program multiple platform devices

Genres: Programming, Nonfiction, Computers, Reference, Computer Science, Business, Technology

414 pages, Paperback

First published August 30, 1999

About the author

See also Wally Wang

Reviews

[Damon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book to help form a base level of knowledge for some of the work I'm doing on an IT program. It was useful in introducing programming in several different languages and the commonalities between. Particularly good to have a very introductory view of C++ with BASIC equivalent alongside. But the final couple of chapters were clearly bolted on - the sections on HTML, Javascript, Java etc were rubbish, and clearly written as an update to the older 2001 edition. How can you write about HTML without CSS? So the core bit was good, but ignore the last section

[Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very interesting guide to a topic many can see as boring. This book is not only full of information and tools but is also entertaining and funny! Also at the end of the day you can use this book as a context guide to different sections within basic programming. I recommend it a lot.

[Matt Briggs · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't now how many times I've tried to learn the basic concepts of computer programming. This book did the trick.

[Tobias Langhoff · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dette er boka jeg lærte meg å programmere med, da jeg var 12/13 år.

[William Mckinney · Rating 3 out of 5]

The writing in this book is effective because of the author's incorporation of sense of audience. This book can teach pretty much anyone how to code. The book's sense of audience is it's greatest strength, but the book lacks substance, and is basically a how-to. I would recommend this book to classmates willing to go through the process of learning programming skills. Now that I have read this book, I feel I can move on and learn coding online instead of reading more "Dummy" books.

[Brian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty basic stuff. Serves as a good intro, giving the flavor of a few languages, but is short on practical applications.

[Mohamed]

Very easy introduction for beginner programming in general and basic specifically

[Mahmoud elhofy · Rating 3 out of 5]

مشكلة الكتاب الترجمة السيئة جدا وفادني في البرمجه الكائنية وال مقدمه

[Vinod Kumar · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are new to programming, I definitely recommend it.
You will enjoy it.