Modern Programming Made Easy: Using Java, Scala, Groovy, and JavaScript

© Adam L. Davis 2020

A. L. DavisModern Programming Made Easyhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5569-8_1

1. Introduction

Adam L. Davis¹ 

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Oviedo, FL, USA

 

In my experience, learning how to program (in typical computer science classes) can be very difficult. The curriculum tends to be boring, abstract, and unattached to “real-world” coding. Owing to how fast technology progresses, computer science classes tend to teach material that is very quickly out of date and out of touch. I believe that teaching programming could be much simpler, and I hope this book achieves that goal.

Note

There’s going to be a lot of tongue-in-cheek humor throughout this book, but this first part is serious. Don’t worry, it gets better.

Problem-Solving

Before you learn to program, ...