Programming Logic and Design (Second Edition)

Author: Joyce Farrell
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: Series of foreign computer science textbooks. This book upholds the purpose of the previous edition, providing a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the basic concepts of programming logic, offering the fundamental structures and methods of logical thinking in programming. By reading this book, readers can clearly understand the characteristics and basic knowledge of program design, and master basic programming design methods. The book consists of fifteen chapters, mainly covering: basic concepts of computers and logic; general knowledge of program structure; content related to program modules, hierarchical diagrams, and documentation; a review of writing a complete program; selection and loop structures; break control concepts and array-related knowledge, and studying the comprehensive application of arrays through classic algorithms; focusing on the design of user menus and input validation issues; discussing the connection, matching, and updating techniques of sequential files; advanced module programming techniques and object-oriented programming concepts; programming methods for graphical user interfaces (GUI); and the use of UML, a modular tool for designing object-oriented systems. This book can be used as a teaching material for undergraduate and graduate students in universities and colleges, and also as a reference book for various software and hardware developers, as well as engineering and technical personnel in related IT fields.