How to design programs
an introduction to programming and computing
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Author
Contributions
- Felleisen, Matthias. - Contributor
Publication
2001 - MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
173,250 words, Guess
Page Count
693 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivehowtodesignprogr00fell_458
- Internet Archivehowtodesignprogr00fell_111
- Internet Archivehowtodesignprogr00fell_231
- Internet Archivehowtodesignprogr0000unse_t5c9
- ISBN-100262062186
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- ISBN-139780262062183
- Goodreads1119079
- Library of Congress Control Number00048169
- OCLC Control Number45058760
- OCLC Control Number49851661
- Better World Books9780262062183
- Open LibraryOL15598510M
Classifications
- LCCQA76.6 .H697 2001
- LCCQA76.6.H697 2001
- LCCQA76.6 .H697 2001eb
Description
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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