Greg Perry is a speaker and writer in both the programming and applications sides of computing. He is known for bringing programming topics down to the beginner’s level. Perry has been a programmer and trainer for two decades. He received his first degree in computer science and then earned a Master’s degree in corporate finance. Besides writing, he consults and lectures across the country, including at the acclaimed Software Development programming conferences. Perry is the author of more than 75 other computer books. In his spare time, he gives lectures on traveling in Italy, his second favorite place to [...] Miller is a writer and editor with more than 20 years of experience in both the publishing and licensed consumer product businesses. Over the years, he has created or helped shape a number of bestselling books and series, including Teach Yourself in 21 Days, Teach Yourself in 24 Hours, and the Unleashed series, all from Sams Publishing.

• Part I - Start Programming Today
• 1 Hands-On Programming
• 2 Process and Techniques
• 3 Designing a Program
• 4 Getting Input and Displaying Output
• 5 Data Processing with Numbers and Words
• 6 Controlling Your Program
• 7 Debugging Tools
• Part II - Programming Fundamentals
• 8 Structured Techniques
• 9 Programming Algorithms
• 10 Having Fun
• 11 Advanced Programming
• Part III - Object-Oriented Programming
• 12 What is an Object?
• 13 Anatomy of a Class
• 14 Methods and More
• 15 Inheritance
• Part IV - Other Programming Languages
• 16 HTML5 and CSS3
• 17 Scripting with PHP
• 18 Programming with C and C++
• 19 Java Everywhere
• 20 Programming with Visual Basic
• 21 Microsoft .NET
• Part V - The Business of Programming
• 22 How Companies Program
• 23 Distributing Applications
• 24 The Future of Programming
• A Glossary
• B Quiz Answers
• C ASCII Table