Programming A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides (McGraw-Hill))

Essential Programming Skills—Made Easy! Learn programming fundamentals quickly with help from this hands-on tutorial. No previous experience required! Programming: A Beginner's Guide gets you started right away writing a simple but useful program in Visual Basic Express Edition, and then moves on to more advanced projects, including a quiz program and a protected personal diary. You'll develop real-world programming skills, like designing user interfaces and working with variables, arrays, loops, and procedures. By the end of this clear and entertaining book, you'll be able to create, debug, and customize your own practical Windows-based programs with ease. Designed for Easy Learning Key Skills & Concepts—Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter Ask the Expert—Q & A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips Try This—Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills Notes—Extra information related to the topic being covered Tips—Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things Annotated programming—Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Essential Programming Skills--Made Easy! Learn programming fundamentals quickly with help from this hands-on tutorial. No previous experience required! Programming: A Beginner's Guide gets you started right away writing a simple but useful program in Visual Basic Express Edition, and then moves on to more advanced projects, including a quiz program and a protected personal diary. You'll develop real-world programming skills, like designing user interfaces and working with variables, arrays, loops, and procedures. By the end of this clear and entertaining book, you'll be able to create, debug, and customize your own practical Windows-based programs with ease. Designed for Easy Learning The easiest way to learn programming essentialsThis up-to-date introductory guide to programming focuses on basics, teaching fundamental concepts and hands-on techniques to beginners. The book introduces you to real-world programming using Microsoft's free but powerful Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition.Unlike other so-called introductory guides to programming, Programming: A Beginner's Guide stays focused on exactly the information beginners need to know. Step-by-step tutorials take you through the process of creating practical programs for Windows. Plenty of examples of executable code are available for download from the book's website. Focuses on basic fundamental concepts and hands-on techniques using the free version of Microsoft's Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition, in a guide that features step-by-step tutorials for creating executable Windows-based programs