Introduction

Learning how to program computers is easier than you might think. If you approach computers with hesitation, if you cannot even spell PC, if you have tried your best to avoid the subject altogether but can do so no longer, the book you now hold contains support that you can depend on in troubled computing times.

This 24-hour tutorial does more than explain programming. This tutorial does more than describe the difference between JavaScript, C++, and Java. This tutorial does more than teach you what programming is all about. This tutorial is a training tool that you can use to develop proper programming skills. The aim of this text is to introduce you to programming using professionally recognized principles, while keeping things ...

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