Monday, August 22, 2016

Book - Programming for the Absolute Beginner 2nd Edition

Programming for the Absolute Beginner 2nd Edition by Jerry Ford

I was excited to see that a second edition of Jerry Ford's programming book was recently released.  It uses Just BASIC (all examples also compatible with Liberty BASIC) to teach the fundamentals of programming.

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Here is the table of contents.  :-)

1 Introduction to Programming
2 Creating Programs with Just BASIC
3 Creating Graphical User Interfaces
4 Working with Variables and Arrays
5 Making Decisions with Conditional Logic
6 Using Loops to Process Data
7 Improving Program Organization with Functions and Subroutines
8 Working with Text Files
9 Working with Sound and Graphics
10 Arcade-Style Computer Game Development
11 Debugging Your Applications