Why You Should Read This Book

Computers are all around us, in almost every aspect of our lives, yet most of us don’t really understand how they work or how to make them work for us. We are limited to what the computer already knows how to do. But computers have always been intended to be programmable machines. You can program the computer that is already on your desk to do whatever you want it to do. As the world moves to relying more on computers, programming skills will become essential for everyone, not just professional software engineers and developers. This book will help you learn to program—and have fun doing it.

In the pages that follow, you will build a foundation in programming that will prepare you to achieve all your programming ...

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