Sams Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24 Hours, 2/e (Paperback)

Sams Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24 Hours, Second Edition explains the basics of programming in the successful 24-Hours format. The book begins with the absolute basics of programming: Why program? What tools to use? How does a program tell the computer what to do? It teaches readers how to program the computer and then moves on by exploring the some most popular programming languages in use. The author starts by introducing the reader to the Basic language and finishes with basic programming techniques for Java, C++, and others.

Table of Contents

Introduction.

I. START PROGRAMMING TODAY.

Hour 1. Hands-on Programming with Liberty BASIC.
Hour 2. Process and Techniques,
Hour 3. Designing a Program.
Hour 4. Getting Input and Displaying Output.
Hour 5. Data Processing with Numbers and Words.
Hour 6. Controlling Your Programs.
Hour 7. Debugging Tools.

II. PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS.

Hour 8. Structured Techniques.
Hour 9. Programming Algorithms.
Hour 10. Having Fun with Liberty BASIC.
Hour 11. Advanced Programming Issues.

III. STEPPING UP TO JAVA.

Hour 12. Programming with Java.
Hour 13. Java's Details.
Hour 14. Java Has Class.
Hour 15. Applets and Web Pages.

IV. OTHER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES.

Hour 16. Programming with Visual Basic.
Hour 17. Programming with C and C++.
Hour 18. Web Pages with HTML.
Hour 19. Scripting with JavaScript.
Hour 20. Dynamic HTML and XML.
Hour 21. .NET—The Future of Online Programming.

V. THE BUSINESS OF PROGRAMMING.

Hour 22. How Companies Program.
Hour 23. Distributing Applications.
Hour 24. The Future of Programming. 
 
VI. APPENDIXES.

Appendix A. Glossary.
Appendix B. Quiz Answers.
Appendix C. ASCII Table.
Index.