This is a book about general principles of good programming practice for complete novices of all ages.

Learn the basics of Computer Science and programming by building software that runs in a standard web browser. This book uses the ubiquitous and popular JavaScript programming language (not to be confused with the Java programming language) as a basis for teaching, covering the basics of syntax and idioms sufficient to build simple interactive games. The book hits some highlights of computer science along the way, such as boolean algebra, recursive algorithms, and event-driven programming. All concepts are taught with beginners in mind, including the teacher (and is therefore great for teaching at home): complete explanations are given for every exercise, lab, and test question. If using this book as a high school text, it is designed to have a workload appropriate for a 1-credit 1-semester course, for students who have completed (or are taking) pre-algebra. In that setting, each chapter should take about a week to get through, with plenty of reading and hands-on learning every week. A midterm is provided at the end of weeks 5 and 10. Every chapter has a set of exercises to complete, again, with full solutions provided at the end of the book. I hope you enjoy what has been a fun book to write. The concepts taught here are sometimes simple, sometimes a bit mind-bending, and always powerful enablers for anyone who wants to learn to do just a little more with the devices we have all around us. I think it's worth the journey. I hope you do, too.

Cohen's "Unusually Useful Web Book" is just that--full of unusually useful tips and tricks users need to make the best Web site quickly and without expense. Sheoffers common sense tips and tricks that Web site designers and developers can employ to make an immediate difference.

Authored by two standout professors in the field of Computer Science and Technology with extensive experience in instructing, Learn Programming with C: An Easy Step-by Step Self-Practice Book for Learning C is a comprehensive and accessible guide to programming with one of the most popular languages. Meticulously illustrated with figures and examples, this book is a comprehensive guide to writing, editing, and executing C programs on different operating systems and platforms, as well as how to embed C programs into other applications and how to create one’s own library. A variety of questions and exercises are included in each chapter to test the readers’ knowledge. Written for the novice C programmer, especially undergraduate and graduate students, this book’s line-by-line explanation of code and succinct writing style makes it an excellent companion for classroom teaching, learning, and programming labs.

Learn how to program JavaScript while creating interactive audio applications with JavaScript for Sound Artists: Learn to Code With the Web Audio API! William Turner and Steve Leonard showcase the basics of JavaScript language programing so that readers can learn how to build browser based audio applications, such as music synthesizers and drum machines. The companion website offers further opportunity for growth. Web Audio API instruction includes oscillators, audio file loading and playback, basic audio manipulation, panning and time. This book encompasses all of the basic features of JavaScript with aspects of the Web Audio API to heighten the capability of any browser. Key Features Uses the readers existing knowledge of audio technology to facilitate learning how to program using JavaScript. The teaching will be done through a series of annotated examples and explanations. Downloadable code examples and links to additional reference material included on the books companion website. This book makes learning programming more approachable to nonprofessional programmers The context of teaching JavaScript for the creative audio community in this manner does not exist anywhere else in the market and uses example-based teaching

jQuery has made JavaScript development easier, and helped many developers build powerful applications quickly. Sometimes, though, you need to go beyond jQuery - because you need to work with someone else's code, because you need something smaller and lighter-weight, or because you need to go beyond what jQuery can do. This book will show you how to build on your core jQuery skills and go much further into JavaScript itself, examining event handler, function declaration, JavaScript patterns, and the DOM.

We have customizable JavaScript(TM) templates for your Web site. Everything you need to master the fundamentals of JavaScript programming is in this book/CD-ROM package. You can use our powerful JavaScript templates to give your Web site some of the most popular features right away! Just pop in the enclosed CD-ROM and you can add games, custom forms, animation, shopping carts, and all sorts of exciting elements to your Web site. You even get an application that lets you build a complete and running Internet store that can gather user information without relying on Internet server processing. With this book/CD-ROM package, you can do all of this (and much more) without one day of programming experience! If you're a more experienced programmer, this package will make the transition to JavaScript a smooth one. You'll get: * A complete introduction and tutorial for JavaScript * Information on installing JavaScript applications, how they work, and how to customize them * A total JavaScript quick reference * Advice on where to find JavaScript resources on the Internet A special easy-to-use reference section offers detailed analysis and examples of objects, properties, event handlers, and statements. You'll also find all the latest information relevant to JavaScript programming since the advent of Navigator 2.0. The CD-ROM includes: * Code for all the applications in the book * A user-interface that makes it easy for you to locate a JavaScript application on the CD and run a demo before installing it on your Web site * Links to other Web resources Visit our Web site at http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/

The free book "Programming Basics with C#" (https://csharp-book.softuni.org) is a comprehensive entry level computer programming tutorial for absolute beginners that teaches basics of coding (variables and data, conditional statements, loops and methods), logical thinking and problem solving using the C# language. The book comes with free video lessons for each chapter, 150+ practical exercises with an automated online evaluation system (online judge) and solution guidelines for the exercises. The book "Programming Basics with C#" introduces the readers with writing programming code at a beginners level (basic coding skills), working with development environment (IDE), using variables and data, operators and expressions, working with the console (reading input data and printing output), using conditional statements (if, if-else, switch-case), loops (for, while, do-while, foreach) and methods (declaring and calling methods, passing parameters and returning values), as well as algorithmic thinking and solving practical programming problems. This free coding book for beginners is written by a team of developers lead by Dr. Svetlin Nakov (https://nakov.com) who has 25+ years practical software development experience and 15+ years as software development trainer. The free book "Programming Basics with C#" is an official textbook for the "Programming Basics" classes at the Software University (SoftUni), used by tens of thousands of students at the start of their software development education. The book relies on the "explain by examples" and "learn by doing" approaches to learning the practical coding skills required to become a software engineer. Each chapter provides some concepts, explained as video lesson with lots of code examples, followed by practical exercises involving the use of the new concepts with online evaluation system (online judge). Learners watch the videos, try the sample code and solve the exercises, which come as part of each book chapter. Exercises are given in series with increasing complexity: from quite trivial, though little complicated to highly complicated, requiring more thinking and research in Internet. Most exercises come with detailed hints and guidelines about how to construct a correct solution. Download the free C# programming basics book (as PDF, ePub and Mobi formats), watch the video lessons and the live coding demos, solve the practical exercises and evaluate your solutions at the book official Web site: https://csharp-book.softuni.org. Tags: book, programming, free, computer programming, coding, writing code, programming basics, ebook, programming book, book programming, C#, CSharp, C# book, Visual Studio, .NET, tutorial, C# tutorial, video lessons, C# videos, programming videos, programming lessons, coding lessons, coding videos, programming concepts, data types, variables, operators, expressions, calculations, statements, console input and output, control-flow logic, program logic, conditional statements, nested conditions, loops, nested loops, methods, functions, method parameters, method return values, problem solving, practical exercises, practical coding, learn by examples, learn by doing, code examples, online judge system, Nakov, Svetlin Nakov, SoftUni, ISBN 978-619-00-0902-3, ISBN 9786190009023 Detailed Book Contents: Preface - about the book, scope, how to learn programming, how to become a developer, authors team, SoftUni, the online judge, forums and other resources Chapter 1. First Steps in Programming - writing simple commands, writing simple computer programs, runtime environments, the C# language, Visual Studio and other IDEs, creating a console program, writing computer programs in C# using Visual Studio, building a simple GUI and Web apps in Visual Studio Chapter 2.1. Simple Calculations - using the system console, reading and printing integers, using data types and variables, reading floating-point numbers, using arithmetic operations, concatenating text and numbers, using numerical expressions, exercises with simple calculations, creating a simple GUI app for converting currencies Chapter 2.2. Simple Calculations – Exam Problems - practical problems with console input / output and simple calculations, with solution guidelines, from programming basics exams Chapter 3.1. Simple Conditions - using simple conditional statements, comparing numbers, simple if-else conditions, variable scope, sequence of if-else conditions, using the debugger, practical exercises with simple conditions with solution guidelines Chapter 3.2. Simple Conditions – Exam Problems - practical problems with simple if-else conditions, with solution guidelines, from programming basics exams Chapter 4.1. More Complex Conditions - nested if conditions (if-else inside if-else), using the logical "OR", "AND" and "NOT" operators, using the switch-case conditional statements, building GUI app for visualizing a point in a rectangle, practical exercises with solution guidelines Chapter 4.2. More Complex Conditions – Exam Problems - practical problems with more complex if-else conditions and nested if conditions, with solution guidelines, from programming basics exams Chapter 5.1. Repetitions (Loops) - using simple for-loops, iterating over the numbers from 1 to n, reading and processing sequences of numbers from the console, using the for-loop code snipped in Visual Studio, many practical exercises with loops, with solution guidelines, summing numbers, finding min / max element, drawing with the "turtle graphics" in a GUI app Chapter 5.2. Loops – Exam Problems - practical problems with simple loops, with solution guidelines, from programming basics exams Chapter 6.1. Nested Loops - using nested loops (loops inside other loops), implementing more complex logic with loops and conditional statements, printing simple and more complex 2D figures on the console using nested loops, calculations and if conditions, practical exercises with nested loops with solution guidelines, building a simple Web app to draw ratings in Visual Studio using ASP.NET MVC Chapter 6.2. Nested Loops – Exam Problems - practical problems with nested loops and more complex logic, with solution guidelines, from programming basics exams Chapter 7.1. More Complex Loops - using for-loops with a step, loops with decreasing loop variable, using while loops, and do-while loops, solving non-trivial problems like calculating GCD (greatest common divisor) and finding the prime numbers in certain range, infinite loops with break inside, using simple try-catch statements to handle errors, building a simple Web based game using Visual Studio and ASP.NET MVC, practical exercises with more complex loops with solution guidelines Chapter 7.2. More Complex Loops – Exam Problems - practical problems with nested and more complex loops with non-trivial logic, with solution guidelines, from programming basics exams Chapter 8.1. Practical Exam Preparations – Part I - sample practical exam from the entrance exams at the Software University, with solution guidelines, covering 6 problems with simple calculations, with simple conditions, with more complex conditions, with a simple loop, with nested loops, with nested loops and more complex logic Chapter 8.2. Practical Exam Preparations – Part II - another sample practical exam from the entrance exams at the Software University, with solution guidelines, covering 6 problems with simple calculations, with simple conditions, with more complex conditions, with a simple loop, with nested loops, with nested loops and more complex logic Chapter 9.1. Problems for Champions – Part I - a sample set of more complex problems, requiring stronger algorithmic thinking and programming techniques, with solution guidelines Chapter 9.2. Problems for Champions – Part II - another set of more complex problems, requiring stronger algorithmic thinking and programming techniques, with solution guidelines Chapter 10. Methods - what is method, when to use methods, defining and calling methods (functions), passing parameters and returning values, returning multiple values, overloading methods, using nested methods (local functions), naming methods correctly, good practices for using methods Chapter 11. Tricks and Hacks - some special techniques, tricks and hacks for improving our performance with C# and Visual Studio: hints how to format the code, conventions an guidelines about naming the code elements, using keyboard shortcuts in VS, defining and using code snippets in VS, debugging code, using breakpoints and watches Conclusion - the skills of the software engineers, how to continue learning software development after this book (study software engineering in SoftUni, study in your own way), how to get learning resources and how many time it takes to become a skillful software engineer and start a job

Everything you need to build websites with the newestversions of HTML and CSS If you develop websites, you know that the goal posts keepmoving, especially now that your website must work on not onlytraditional desktops, but also on an ever-changing range ofsmartphones and tablets. This step-by-step book efficiently guidesyou through the thicket. Teaching you the very latest bestpractices and techniques, this practical reference walks youthrough how to use HTML5 and CSS3 to develop attractive, modernwebsites for today's multiple devices. From handling text, forms,and video, to implementing powerful JavaScript functionality, thisbook covers it all. Serves as the ultimate beginners guide for anyone who wants tobuild websites with HTML5 and CSS3, whether as a hobbyist oraspiring professional developer Covers the basics, including the different versions of HTML andCSS and how modern websites use structure and semantics to describetheir contents Explains core processes, such as marking up text, images,lists, tables, forms, audio, and video Delves into CSS3, teaching you how to control or change the wayyour pages look and offer tips on how to create attractivedesigns Explores the jQuery library and how to implement powerfulJavaScript features, such as tabbed content, image carousels, andmore Get up to speed on HTML5, CSS3, and today's website design withthis practical guide. Then, keep it on your desk as areference!

Solve practical real-world problems using JavaScript and Node.js About This Book Learn the concepts of Node.js to gain a high-level understanding of the Node.js execution model Build an interactive web application with MongoDB and Redis and create your own JavaScript modules that work both on the client side and server side Familiarize yourself with the new features of Node.js and JavaScript with this exclusive step-by-step guide Who This Book Is For This book is for developers who want to learn JavaScript and Node.js. Previous experience with programming is desired, but no JavaScript or Node.js knowledge is required. The book focuses mostly on web development, such as networking, serving dynamic pages, and real-time client-server communication. What You Will Learn Understand which problems Node.js best solves Write idiomatic JavaScript and Node.js code Build web applications and command-line tools Minimise complexity and efficiently solve difficult problems Test and deploy Node.js applications Work with persistent data Implement real-time client-server applications Integrate .NET and Node.js code In Detail Node.js is an open source, cross-platform runtime environment that allows you to use JavaScript to develop server-side web applications. This short guide will help you develop applications using JavaScript and Node.js, leverage your existing programming skills from .NET or Java, and make the most of these other platforms through understanding the Node.js programming model. You will learn how to build web applications and APIs in Node, discover packages in the Node.js ecosystem, test and deploy your Node.js code, and more. Finally, you will discover how to integrate Node.js and .NET code. Style and approach This is a step-by-step and practical guide to Node.js for .Net developers. It covers the fundamentals relating to typical applications. The focus is on providing the practical skills required to develop applications, with a summary of the key concepts covered.