Prelude to Programming: Concepts and Design (5th Edition) - Softcover

Venit, Stewart; Drake, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132167395 ISBN 13: 9780132167390

Publisher: Pearson, 2010

Synopsis

Prelude to Programming provides beginning students with a language-independent framework for learning core programming concepts and effective design techniques. This approach gives students the foundation they need to understand the logic behind program design and to establish effective programming skills.

 

The Fifth Edition offers students a lively and accessible presentation as they learn core programming concepts – including data types, control structures, data files and arrays, and program design techniques such as top-down modular design and proper program documentation and style. Problem-solving skills are developed when students learn how to use basic programming tools and algorithms, which include data validation, defensive programming, calculating sums and averages, and searching and sorting lists. A copy of the RAPTOR flow-charting software is included with the Fifth Edition.

 

About this title

About the Author:

Stewart Venit received a PhD in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1971. For the past two decades, he has taught mathematics at California State University in Los Angeles. Professor Venit is a past department Chair and recipient of the University’s Outstanding Professor Award. He has authored numerous journal articles and ten textbooks for mathematics or computer science.

Elizabeth Drake has worked full time as a professor in the ITE and Math Departments at Santa Fe CC since 1999. Before that, she was an adjunct professor and lecturer in Math, Computer Science, Physics, and Anthropology at SFC, UF, Three Rivers Community College in Connecticut, and the University of Connecticut. She has earned Master's degrees in Anthropology (A.B.D.) and Counseling, a B.S.E.E. in Electrical Engineering, a B.S. in Physics, B.A. in  Sociology, and A.S. in Computer Information Technology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0132167395
• ISBN 13: 9780132167390
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 624