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The first half of this useful introduction concentrates on inculcating general programming concepts through Liberty Basic examples.
Perry, Greg. SAMS Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24 Hours. 2d ed. SAMS. 2002. 479p. ISBN 0-672-32307-- 9. pap. $29.99 with CD-ROM.
The first half of this useful introduction concentrates on inculcating general programming concepts through Liberty Basic examples. The second half familiarizes readers with Java and takes them on a whirlwind tour of Visual Basic, C and C++, DHTML, XML, and NET, with some attention paid to the business of programming. A companion CD-ROM contains Sun's Java Software Development Kit and Liberty Basic, plus source code from the book. Recommended for public libraries.
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