This is a book about computer programming for beginners. It assumes you know very little or nothing about how computers work. This book will show you how to write understandable computer programs in Java, a programming language widely used on the Internet. Per Brinch Hansen is one of the early pioneers in computer programming and this book makes learning proper computer programming in Java fun and easy for everyone.
I recently bought this book while looking for books for my younger brother to learn programming with. I bought this book as a bridge between him knowing nothing and him starting in on "Thinking in Java" by Eckel. It is aimed towards someone new to programming who needs to get basic concepts common to any language (loops, I/O, variables, breaking a problem into pieces, etc.) and covers up throught the beginnings of O.O. It is a well thought out book and has exercises that range from relatively easy to challenging. It will be most helpful (like any intro book) combined with an experienced programmer to ask questions of. This book will not teach you all of the cool new features of Java, but if you have little to no prior programming experience, this will help you.
Insightful & funny exercises
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
It is an interesting book to read and the examples, exercises make it lots of fun. Quite readable all through.
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