Beginning Programming For Dummies® - Softcover

Wang, Wallace

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764508350 ISBN 13: 9780764508356

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2001

Synopsis

Your fun and easy guide to BASIC programming and beyond! Liberty BASIC, REALbasic, Perl, and more on CD-ROM Includes overviews of HTML, Java applets, JavaScript, and Python Find out just how easy it is to write computer programs Want to start programming but don't know where to start? Don't worry! With loads of examples and a dash of humor, author Wallace Wang demystifies programming concepts, shows you how to write cool Windows programs in Liberty BASCI, and introduces you to some of today's hottest programming languages. Discover how to: Get up to speed on programming fundamentals Write and debug Liberty BASIC programs Work with graphics, sounds, and data structure Get a handle on Web programming All this on the bonus CD-ROM Liberty BASIC and other shareware: TrueBasic, Pocket C, PC Native Oberon, and other demos Python and Perl open source software Plus sample code from the book and a bonus chapter, "Programming in Python" System Requirements: PC running Windows 95 or later, Windows NT4 or later; Power Macintosh running System 7. 6 or later; See the About the CD Appendix for details and complete system requirements. Get Smart! www dummies. com Register to win cool prizes Browse exclusive articles and excerpts Get a free Dummmies Daily TM e-mail newsletter Chat with authors and preview other books Talk to us, ask questions, get answers

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About the Author

Wallace Wang is the bestselling author of Beginning Programming For Dummies, 2nd Edition, Steal This Computer Book 2, and many other books. In addition to writing computer books, he also performs stand-up comedy in Las Vegas and has appeared on the TV show A&E's "Evening at the Improv."

From the Back Cover

Your fun and easy guide to BASIC programming and beyond!

Liberty BASIC, REALbasic, Perl, and more on CD-ROM

Includes overviews of HTML, Java applets, JavaScript, and Python

Find out just how easy it is to write computer programs
Want to start programming but don't know where to start? Don't worry! With loads of examples and a dash of humor, author Wallace Wang demystifies programming concepts, shows you how to write cool Windows programs in Liberty BASCI, and introduces you to some of today's hottest programming languages.

Discover how to:

*Get up to speed on programming fundamentals

*Write and debug Liberty BASIC programs

*Work with graphics, sounds, and data structure

*Get a handle on Web programming

All this on the bonus CD-ROM
Liberty BASIC and other shareware:

*TrueBasic, Pocket C, PC Native Oberon, and other demos

*Python and Perl open source software

*Plus sample code from the book and a bonus chapter, "Programming in Python"

*System Requirements: PC running Windows 95 or later, Windows NT4 or later; Power Macintosh running System 7.6 or later; See the About the CD Appendix for details and complete system requirements.

*Register to win cool prizes

*Browse exclusive articles and excerpts

*Get a free Dummmies Daily e-mail newsletter

*Chat with authors and preview other books

*Talk to us, ask questions, get answers

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764508350
• ISBN 13: 9780764508356
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 432