Learning to Program

Everyone can benefit from basic programming skillsand after you start, you just might want to go a whole lot further.

Author Steven Foote taught himself to program, figuring out the best ways to overcome every obstacle. Now a professional web developer, hell help you follow in his footsteps. He teaches concepts you can use with any modern programming language, whether you want to program computers, smartphones, tablets, or even robots.

Learning to Program will help you build a solid foundation in programming that can prepare you to achieve just about any programming goal. Whether you want to become a professional software programmer, or you want to learn how to more effectively communicate with programmers, or you are just curious about how programming works, this book is a great first step in helping to get you there.

Learning to Program will help you get started even if you arent sure where to begin.

  Learn how to simplify and automate many programming tasks

  Handle different types of data in your programs

  Use regular expressions to find and work with patterns

  Write programs that can decide what to do, and when to do it

  Use functions to write clean, well-organized code

  Create programs others can easily understand and improve

  Test and debug software to make it reliable

  Work as part of a programming team

  Learn the next steps to take to build a lifetime of programming skills