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  • Paperback: 479 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (15 April 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0764584065
  • ISBN-13: 978-0764584060
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.8 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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“A welcome addition to Wrox’s Beginning series and a good all–round introduction to programming for novices.” (Publishing News, 25th March 2005)

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“A welcome addition to Wrox’s Beginning series and a good all–round introduction to programming for novices.” (Publishing News, 25th March 2005)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Great Intro book marred by sloppiness, 21 Feb 2006
My title says it all...this book is a great introductory text to programming, helping the non-programmer get to grips with the terminology and the process of thinking like a programmer. Two things let this book down:

1) Halfway through the book either the proof reader went on holiday or the author was in a rush to complete the text so they didn't bother using spellcheck or re-reading what they had written. The typos and grammatical errors come thick and fast and really got annoying at one stage

2) In certain areas of the book, you are given a series of snippets of code and asked to see if you can spot the deliberate errors, yet nowhere in the book does it tell you what those actual errors are. This is really inconsistent as where they demonstrate errors it is clearly laid out.

It's a crying shame as the book was really well written and I must confess to actually enjoying it and reading it in less than a week (very unusual for me). The writing style is not at all geeky and the author genuinely achieves the goal of making a very dry topic very interesting to read.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Very Good Way In, 8 May 2006
I knew nothing about programming, and so was looking for something that really did assume nothing at all. This book offers that-they explain everything clearly, and seem to be going at a gentle pace while getting you through a lot of material suprisingly quickly.

Obviously, as it isn't language specific it has limitations: while it will teach you the basic concepts you will need something more specific to really learn a language in depth.

Without this book I would still be wandering around wondering what the terminology in all those big scary books means. This is a great introduction, and I highly recommend it for the complete beginner. For anyone with some knowledge of the subject, I would suggest skiping this and getting stuck into your chosen language.
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