Turbo Pascal Update: United States Edition - Softcover

Koffman, Elliot B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201350866 ISBN 13: 9780201350869

Publisher: Pearson, 1997

Synopsis

This is a web-update version of Elliot Koffman's Turbo Pascal book. The major change to this edition is that all of the code previously found on an accompanying disk is now located on the book's web site. The author has also included an additional chapter introducing students to the WWW and showing them the benefits of all it has to offer. By having students use the web site throughout the course, this book will make students more comfortable using the WWW for classwork and for their own interests.

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Product Description

Turbo Pascal Update Presenting an introduction to programming, this book explains the workings of the Internet and teaches students how to harness its information. Full description

From the Back Cover

"By tapping into studentsi enthusiasm about the Web, this update will excite students as well as give them a strong introduction to programming. This new coverage explains the workings of the Internet and teaches students how to harness its information."
Elliot Koffman

Elliot Koffman's Turbo Pascal is a classic, proven introduction to programming and problem solving. Now, this special update of the fifth edition incorporates the exciting world of the Internet into your Introductory Programming course. In addition to a new chapter on the Internet and the World Wide Web, all of the code previously found on an accompanying disk is now located on the book's website. By having students use the website throughout the course, the book will help students become more comfortable using the Web for classwork and for their own interests. The rest of the text contains the same careful and thorough coverage of the topics found in the first course in programming plus many second semester topics.

Hallmark Features

• Conveys the relationship between problem-solving skills and effective software development by using the authoris classic five-step problem solving process.
• Covers computer graphics in Chapter 3, and provides examples of animation and user interfaces in later chapters to help motivate students.
• Introduces abstract data types and units in Chapter 9, and Turbo Pascal objects and object-oriented programming in Chapter 13. This coverage prepares students to study other languages which use the object-oriented paradigm.
• Reinforces key concepts with proven pedagogical features like programming style sections, syntax displays, end-of-section and end-of-chapter exercises, and more.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0201350866
• ISBN 13: 9780201350869
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 824