Beginning Programming Beginning Programming -- About the Authors -- Credits -- Contents -- Introduction -- Who This Book Is For -- What This Book Covers -- How This Book Is Structured -- What You Need to Use This Book -- Conventions -- Source Code -- Errata -- p2p.wrox.com -- Chapter 1: What Is Programming? -- The History of Programming -- What Is Programming? -- Programs Needed to Create Programs -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Why Learn to Program? -- Why Program? -- What to Learn? -- Programming Myths and Facts -- Summary -- Chapter 3: How Computers "Read" Code -- Reading Code -- The Sentences and Paragraphs of Programming -- Data Storage -- Summary -- Chapter 4: From Concepts to Code - The Language of Code -- Binary -- Hexadecimal -- Representing Characters -- Operators -- Summary -- Chapter 5: The Tools for Programming -- Make Your Workspace Your Own -- Choose Your Language -- The Tools -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Simple Coding -- Commenting Code -- Variables -- Strings -- Processing Inputs -- Variable Manipulation - Simple Math -- Summary -- Chapter 7: The Structure of Coding -- The Purpose of Structure -- Examining Structure -- Functions -- Conditionals -- Loops -- Arrays -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Problem Solving -- The Basics of Problem Solving -- Moving on to the Coding Phase -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Debugging -- To Err Is Human -- Errors, Errors, Errors! -- Compiler Error -- Runtime Errors -- Logic Errors -- Spotting Errors -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Interface -- What Is an Interface? -- The Importance of an Interface -- Examining the Interface -- Moving Away from the Text-Based Interface -- Buttons -- Putting It All Together -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Putting It All Together -- Planning a Programming Project -- Planning -- Programming Stage -- Testing -- Additional Features -- Tweak the Code -- Final Testing -- Summary.

Chapter 12: Interacting with Files -- The Principles of Saving Data -- The File Life Cycle -- Working with Files -- Getting Started -- Creating a File with VBScript -- Editing an Existing File -- Deleting Files and Folders -- Summary -- Chapter 13: The Windows Registry -- The Windows Registry -- What Is the Windows Registry? -- Manipulating the Windows Registry Using Programming -- Possible Uses for the Windows Registry -- In Closing -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Organizing, Planning, and Version Control -- Organize, Organize, Organize! -- The Main Event - Organize Your PC -- Folders, Folders, Folders -- Filename Control -- More Version Control Tips -- Version Control - Looking Beyond Release -- Software Version Control -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Compiling Code and Alternatives to Compiling -- Compiling Code -- Are All Compilers the Same? -- Benefits of Compiling -- Alternatives to Compiled Code -- Summary -- Chapter 16: Distributing Your Project -- Types of Distribution -- Summary -- Appendix A: Glossary -- Appendix B: Web Resources -- Programming Tools -- Java Tools -- Java Sites -- C++ Tools -- C++ Sites -- BASIC Tools -- BASIC Sites -- Web Scripting Languages -- CD Burning -- Compression Tools -- Miscellaneous Tools -- Miscellaneous Sites -- Index.