Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I: Start Programming Today

HOUR 1: Hands-On Programming

Get Ready to Program

What a Computer Program Does

Common Programming Misconceptions

Many Programs Already Exist

Programmers Are in Demand

The Real Value of Programs

Users Generally Don’t Own Programs

Giving Computers Programs

Your First Program

Clarifying Comments

Entering Your Own Program

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

HOUR 2: Process and Techniques

Understanding the Need for Programs

Programs, Programs Everywhere

Programs as Directions

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

HOUR 3: Designing a Program

The Need for Design

User–Programmer Agreement

Steps to Design

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

HOUR 4: Getting Input and Displaying Output

Printing to the Screen with Python

Storing Data

Assigning Values

Getting Keyboard Data with input()

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

HOUR 5: Data Processing with Numbers and Words

Strings Revisited

Performing Math with Python

How Computers Really Do Math

Using Unicode Characters

Overview of Functions

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Part II: Programming Fundamentals

HOUR 6: Controlling Your Programs

Comparing Data with if

Writing the Relational Test

Looping Statements

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

HOUR 7: Debugging Tools

The First Bug

Accuracy Is Everything

Write Clear Programs

Additional Debugging Techniques

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

HOUR 8: Structured Techniques

Structured Programming

Packaging Your Python Code into Functions

Testing the Program

Profiling Code

Getting Back to Programming

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

HOUR 9: Programming Algorithms

Counters and Accumulators

Python Lists

Accumulators for Total

Swapping Values

Sorting

Searching Lists

Taking Functions Further

Nested Loops

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Part III: Java and Object-Oriented Programming

HOUR 10: Programming with Java

Introducing Java

Java Provides Executable Content

Seamless Execution

Multi-Platform Executable Content

Java Usage Summary

Start with Standalone Java

Java’s Interface

Security Issues

Java as a Game-Development Language

Java Language Specifics

Get Ready to Begin

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

HOUR 11: Java’s Details

Defining Java Data

Operators

Programming Control

From Details to High Level

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

HOUR 12: Java Has Class

Using NetBeans to Run a Java Program

Going GUI

Java and OOP

Overview of Classes

Do You Understand OOP?

Methods Do the Work in Classes

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Part IV: Web Development with HTML and JavaScript

HOUR 13: HTML5 and CSS3

HTML Programming

A Simpler Example

A Quick HTML Primer

Using CSS to Control How Your Text Looks

Including Graphics in a Website with HTML

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

HOUR 14: JavaScript

Getting Started with JavaScript

Using Comments in JavaScript

Entering Your First JavaScript Program

Printing to the Screen with JavaScript

Variables in JavaScript

Getting Keyboard Data with prompt

Comparing Data with if

Looping Statements

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

HOUR 15: Having Fun with JavaScript

Rotating Images on a Page

Capturing the Position of the Mouse

Adding a Repeating News Ticker to Your Website

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

HOUR 16: JavaScript and AJAX

Introducing AJAX

Using XMLHttpRequest

Creating a Simple AJAX Library

Creating an AJAX Quiz Using the Library

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Part V: Other Programming Languages

HOUR 17: SQL

Relational Databases

Basic SQL Queries

Retrieving Records from a Database

Inserting and Updating Database Records

Deleting Records from a Database

Adding, Deleting, or Modifying the Fields in an Existing Table

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

HOUR 18: Scripting with PHP

What You Need for PHP Programming

Basic Structures in PHP Scripts

Looping

The Building Blocks of PHP: Variables, Data Types, and Operators

Using and Creating Functions in PHP

Working with Objects in PHP

Common Uses of PHP

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

HOUR 19: Programming with C and C++

Introducing C

What You Need for C and C++ Programming

Looking at C

C Data

C Functions

C Operators

C Control Statements Mimic Python

Learning C++

Object Terminology

Fundamental Differences Between C and C++

Introducing C++ Objects

Things to Come

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

HOUR 20: Programming with Visual Basic 2019

Reviewing the Visual Basic Screen

Creating a Simple Application from Scratch

Other Visual Basic Programming Considerations

Your Next Step

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

HOUR 21: C# and the .NET Core

Understanding the Purpose of .NET

The Common Language Runtime

The Framework Class Library

Parallel Computing Platform

Dynamic Language Runtime

The C# Language

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Part VI: The Business of Programming

HOUR 22: How Companies Program

Data Processing and Information Technology Departments

Computer-Related Jobs

Job Titles

Structured Walkthroughs

Putting a Program into Production

Consulting

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

HOUR 23: Distributing Applications

Issues Surrounding Software Distribution

Using Version Control

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

HOUR 24: The Future of Programming

Some Helpful Tools

Will Programming Go Away?

Your Ongoing Training Needs

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

APPENDIX A: Installing Python

Downloading Python from the Python Software Foundation

Installing Anaconda

Other Python Environments

Index

APPENDIX B: (Online Only) Using the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment

APPENDIX C: (Online Only) Glossary

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