Absolute Beginner's Guide to Programming, Third Edition

Ease-of-Use Matters to Programmers

When computer manufacturers make computers easier to use, more people will buy them, more people will use them, and computers will help more people do their jobs better. It will be your job as a computer programmer to develop programs that are simple to use.

Despite all the popular programs in use by business today, there is still a vast number of programs that organizations and individuals need that haven't been created. The transactions of business are too complex and change too rapidly for current programs to fill all computer users' needs. The programmer's world changes constantly, so the newness of programming never fades.

Look in your Sunday newspaper's help-wanted professional section. You'll find that ...