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Coding for Beginners in easy steps, 2nd edition begins by explaining how to easily create a programming environment on your own computer, so you can quickly begin to create your own working programs by copying the book's examples. After demonstrating the essential building blocks of computer programming it describes how to code powerful algorithms and demonstrates how to code classes for Object Oriented Programming (OOP) . The examples throughout this book feature the popular Python programming language but, additionally, the final chapter demonstrates a comparison example in the C, C , and Java programming languages to give you a rounded view of computer coding. The code in the listed steps within the book is color-coded to precisely match the default color-coding of the Python IDLE editor, making it easier for beginners to grasp.
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The Short Take Mike McGrath is: Host of the nationally syndicated Public Radio show, You Bet Your GardenGarden Editor for WTOP News Radio in Washington, DCContributing Editor and columnist for Greenprints magazineFormer Editor-in-Chief of ORGANIC GARDENING magazine Author of books on Tomatoes, Compost and Kitchen Gardening
