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Title: Sams Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24 Hours by Greg Perry ISBN: 0-672-32307-9 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 15 January, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.39 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Book Even for Intermediate Learners
Comment: If you've been "dabbling" in programming, even reading a few books on various languages, this book is still pretty informative. Although the book starts VERY rudimentary (the first chapter seems to labor on the point that computers can't possibly take over the world) it quickly steps the reader through the history of programming and key programming concepts. The chapters on program design, program process, and program algorithms are invaluable and not found books that focus on programming languages (instead of programming style). Perry does a great job of giving enough background information to explain why the programming languages look and act the way they do, and explains the concept of object-oriented programming better than anything else I've read. On the down side, there is a definite bias toward microsoft, and the internet chapter could be expanded and updated to be truly useful. If you're new to programming or looking to fill in a few basic gaps, this book is an excellent resource.
Rating: 5
Summary: This is a 5 star Introductory book
Comment: Do you want to know the basics of programming? Do you want to get a broad general overview of some of the languages available and how they work? To use this book you DO NOT need to have ANY prior programming knowledge at all. The editor QBasic is used for your working environment and can be found on your 95 or 98 CD in the folder called tools/oldmsdos - explained on pg.146
Perry does a great job of giving enough background information to explain why the programming languages look and act the way they do, and explains the concept of object-oriented programming well. He tells you how to program (a structured approach) as well as some of the fundamentals and differences of other programming languages such as: C, C++, Visual Basic, Java, RPG, FORTRAN and others not so popular today.
All the commands and concepts are followed by examples that you can type in your editor and run (and they do run). In comparison to the many errors found in so many of today's IT instructional books, this book has very few. As a side note: There is one drawback for those who like to just copy the programming code from a disk into their editors and then run it to see how it works. It is not provided free. You have to purchase the code from the author or just type it in by hand. But, he also sends you a set of Tutorial Example Programs with the books code. I did not purchase them so I can't comment on them. But why would you want to do that when you are just starting out in programming and need the Hands - On experience?
All in all, I received a good understanding of the many concepts taught in a very clearly explained manner.
I have reviewed many books and recommend that you Buy this book!! Enjoy it. I know you will. Then move on to your Language of choice. Wishing you the best in your future of programming.
Rating: 2
Summary: What you would learn.... IF you took a class
Comment: Reads like an extended course description. Very few examples. Code examples are often incomplete so they cant be run. No real 'projects' to test any skills.
Comes with Liberty Basic (shareware) (you can download this seperately and learn more from its own help/tutorials). For the most part, you dont even need a computer to read this book. The code examples are only excerpts so you have to study them from the text in the book anyway.
What gets me more than anything is I found about 5 errors in code and text that are important! Things like mislabeled variables that would confuse anyone trying to learn. Although I guess finding the mistakes is a lesson in itself.
OK, that was the bad part, but I didnt give it a score of 1 because it is easy to read (fast). It does mention a wide range of topics, and it comes with a useable version of Basic (but only limited shareware, also there is a later version online). For a real beginner, this is one way to start off slow. It is disappointing because it could have been much better with only a little more effort. A few larger examples, and a few more actual coding projects instead of just saying 'if you want to create a text box in your program, type the following line....',
and then moving on to the next lesson.
This review relates to the 2nd edition.
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Title: Beginning Programming for Dummies by Wallace Wang ISBN: 0764508350 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 15 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: How Computer Programming Works (Technology in Action Series) by Dan Appleman ISBN: 1893115232 Publisher: APRS Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Faster Smarter Beginning Programming by Jim Buyens ISBN: 0735617805 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 13 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Programming, Third Edition by Greg Perry ISBN: 0789729059 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 20 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours, Complete Starter Kit (3rd Edition) by Jesse Liberty ISBN: 0672322242 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 24 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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