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Summary: One of the best beginner's guides to programming
Review: This book is one of the best beginner's guides to programming. It will teach you from the very starting point to the fundamental of progamming world. The book will teach you basic programming langauge Visual Basic and will mention C, C++, Java Scripting and Web Programming. It is written quite understable in plain English. If you want to programm but do not know where to start this book can be your starting point. Good luck.
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Summary: informitive but QBASIC is no longer in Windows 98
Review: This book is very informitive in nature but it based everything in it's contents to QBASIC. QBASIC is no longer in Microsoft Windows 98. So if you are running 98 do not get this book; unless you have no idea what you computer is than it is a very informitive book.
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Summary: Don't buy without having Visual Basic
Review: This book requires visual basic. So if you thought all you had to do to start programming today think again. Trying to read this book without following along in visual basic was way to confusing. So if you want to buy this book to learn programming I would also recommend you buy Microsoft's Visual Basic. You can find the current price at microsoft.com. Other wise I would recommend to a true absolute beginner buying Wallace Wang's "Beginning Programming for Dummies" Try to keep in mind you will want the most recent edition because things in the languages change with each version.
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Summary: Wonderful "starter guide" to Programming
Review: This book takes the subject of programming from a beginner's point of view and instructs its readers quite well. Starting with a basic understanding of what a computer is, what it can do with the proper software, and a brief history, it then goes on to describe a program's "anatomy." There's also descriptions of the early programming languages like FORTRAN, COBOL, even RPG and Pascal (which would later be the forerunner to C). And then on to "modern-day" languages like C, C++, and Visual Basic.In fact, the book devotes much of its concept to Visual Basic (VB), stating that a lot of the concepts in learning VB can be applied to other programming languages. The book devotes several chapters about VB, along with numerous helpful diagrams that help to show the different concepts being described. Subsequent chapters take on other languages like C and C++, along with batch and scripting languages. I never realized how simple a scripting langauge could be to put together. There's also a big section on "Internet programming languages," like HTML, DHTML, XML, Java, and Javascript. While they are only touched upon briefly, you still get a general idea of how each langauge works. While it may be a stretch to call HTML and XML "languages" per se, they are still obviously important to know if you plan to do any web programming. This is an excellent book for a beginning programmer or even for a technical writer who wants to know a little bit about programming concepts.
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Summary: This is a great book for begginers
Review: This book teaches you nearly all of the commands in an easy simple to understand manner. I was a begginer and knew nothing at all about programing anything after this from my standpoint i knew alot
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Summary: The best introduction to programming I've even seen
Review: This is the best introductory programming book. It gives you all the confidents for programming. It not only helps you for now, but also later in your career. I took a structural programming class last semester, and I dropped it after the first week. I thought I really needed some preparation skills for the Java programming before taking it for the second time. This is the thorough beginner book. It helps you by building your programming foundation stronger.
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Summary: G R E A T B O O K ! ! !
Review: Well, I got this book when I was in about sixth grade when my friends seemed to be exploring BASIC, and I hadn't read it. I finally flipped through it in about 8th grade (last year) and it totally helped me! The person who said this was an insult to their intelligence obviously doesn't have much intelligence to spare. Don't listen to them! This book will teach you about basic programming. Then, if you decide to move on, all of the fundamentals are the same in BASIC as in most other computer languages! GREAT BOOK, MR. PERRY! I'm trying to get my hands on more of his books. This book, even if that one person says it's written at a sixth grade level, WHO CARES? Some people DON'T know about this stuff, and it was designed so that children who know about computers, and ARE the future programmers can understand it! I don't know how many times I'm going to say this, but GREAT BOOK!
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Summary: Bravo!! Bravo!! Bravo!!
Review: What a great book, especially for the beginner. The book answers the most important questions a beginner may have, and not in technical babble, but rather in a blunt and humorous manner. If you're looking for a book that will introduce you to the world of programming, I highly recommend you buy this book...it's worth every pennie. BRAVO!! BRAVO!! BRAVO!!
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Summary: The most complete and comprehensive guide to programming.
Review: Whether you know absolutely nothing about programming (or computers) and want to navigate your way clearly throught the mess of material that is about you or even if programming is second nature to you, this would still put you in perspective and refresh your memory of the very basics. THE GREATEST THING I CAN TAKE AWAY FROM READING THIS BOOK IS THE THING I WAS LOOKING FOR; I KNOW MORE ABOUT WHICH PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE I WANT TO USE AND WHAT (THE NAME IS) OF THE JOB I WISH TO USE IT IN.
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Summary: Need this book and another!
Review: You do need to have another book and THEN reference this one!! This book has very good explanations on how things work BUT it DOES NOT give you any FULL C coding examples except at the end -one long Blackjack game.
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