PROBLEM SOLVING AND PROGRAM CONCEPTS

A CORE OR SUPPLEMENTARY TEXT FOR ONE-SEMESTER, FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE-LEVEL INTRODUCTORY COURSES TAKEN BY PROGRAMING MAJORS IN PROBLEM SOLVING FOR PROGRAMMERS, PROBLEM SOLVING FOR APPLICATIONS, ANY COMPUTER LANGUAGE COURSE, OR INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING. SHOWING HOW PROBLEM SOLVING IS THE SAME IN ALL COMPUTER LANGUAGES-REGARDLESS OF SYNTAX-THIS WIDELY ADOPTED TEXT USES A GENERIC, NON-LANGUAGE-SPECIFIC APPROACH TO PRESENT THE TOOLS AND CONCEPTS REQUIRED WHEN USING ANY PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE TO DEVELOP COMPUTER APPLICATIONS. DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS WITH LITTLE OR NO COMPUTER EXPERIENCE-BUT USEFUL TO PROGRAMMERS AT ANY LEVEL-IT PROVIDES A STEP-BY-STEP PROGRESSION AND CONSISTENT IN-DEPTH COVERAGE OF TOPICS, WITH DETAILED EXPLANATIONS AND MANY ILLUSTRATIONS. COVERAGE RANGES FROM THE BASICS OF MATHEMATICAL FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS TO THE DESIGN AND USE OF SUCH TECHNIQUES AS CODE, ARRAYS, POINTERS, OTHER DATA STRUCTURES, DATABASE CONCEPTS, AND OBJECT- ORIENTED PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS.THE FOCUS THROUGHO