A balanced introduction to computer science /
David Reed.
- 3rd ed.
- 420 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes index.
Computer basics -- HTML and web pages -- The Internet and the web -- JavaScript and dynamic web pages -- JavaScript and user interaction -- The history of computers -- Functions and randomness -- Algorithms and programming languages -- Abstraction and libraries -- Computer science as a discipline -- Conditional execution -- Data representation -- Conditional repetition -- Inside the computer -- the von Neumann architecture -- JavaScript strings -- Inside the computer -- transistors and integrated circuits -- JavaScript arrays -- Computers and society.
This text uses the Internet as a central theme, studying its history, technology, and current use. Experimental problems use Web-based tools, enabling students to learn programming fundamentals by developing their own interactive Web pages with HTML and JavaScript.
College of Engineering and Computer Studies
9780132594448
Computer science. Computer science -- Problems, exercises, etc.