Kenneth Craven, County College of Morris

Published June, 1998 by Prentice Hall Career & Technology

Copyright 1999, 451 pp.
Paper
ISBN 0-13-622748-1
$73.00

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Contemporary in approach and highly accessible novice programmers, this challenging guide uses QBASIC to help users learn the fundamentals of computer programming. Written from an engineering point-of-view, it requires no prior computer experience or knowledge of specific engineering principles.

Offers focused discussions on what kinds of data computers can manipulate, how to organize those data, what kinds of operations the computer can carry out, and how to instruct the computer to do the right operations in the right order to accomplish a particular task. Presents clear explanations of all DOS concepts and commands with numerous examples, and contains case studies to highlight the important applications of programming concepts and techniques.

1. Before You Begin.
2. Computer Systems.
3. Disk Operating System.
4. Computer Programming Languages.
5. The QBASIC System.
6. Programming Fundamentals.
7. More Programming Fundamentals.
8. Testing and Debugging.
9. Conditions and Branching.
10. Counted Loops Using FOR-NEXT.
11. Flowcharts.
12. Compound Statements.
13. Top-Down Program Design.
14. Case Study: Quality Assurance.
15. Processing Stored Data.
16. Case Studies: Processing Stored Data.
17. Non-Counted Loops.
18. Case Studies: Non-Counted Loops.
19. Sequential Processing of Files.
20. Random Access with Arrays.
21. Case Study: Sorting.
22. User-Defined Functions.
23. Subroutines and Modular Programs.
24. Graphics: Lines and Line Graphs.
25. Graphics: Shapes and Curved Graphs.
26. Animation and Simulation.
27. Mathematics Review.