Chapman & Hall/CRC Textbooks in Computing

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1. Introduction to the Art of Programming Using Scala

   By Mark C. Lewis

   Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Textbooks in Computing

   With its flexibility for programming both small and large projects, Scala is an ideal language for teaching beginning programming. Yet there are no textbooks on Scala currently available for the CS1/CS2 levels. Introduction to the Art of Programming Using Scala presents many concepts from CS1 and...

   Published November 4th 2012 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
2. The Tao of Computing, Second Edition

   By Henry M. Walker

   Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Textbooks in Computing

   Describing both the practical details of interest to students and the high-level concepts and abstractions highlighted by faculty, The Tao of Computing, Second Edition presents a comprehensive introduction to computers and computer technology. This edition updates its popular predecessor with new...

   Published July 5th 2012 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
3. User Interface Software

   Principles and Technologies

   By Manuel Perez-Quinones, Pardha Pyla, Manas Tungare

   Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Textbooks in Computing

   A timely contribution to the literature of human-computer interaction, this text explains how to build interactive software applying principles from the fields of human-computer interaction, psychology, and software engineering. The book's primary emphasis is on how to build interactive...

   Published June 14th 2012 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
4. Java Problem-Solving with Games

   By Colleen van Lent, Scott Wallace

   Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Textbooks in Computing

   This comprehensive textbook uses games to explain and illustrate the fundamental concepts of computer science and Java programming. Gaming provides a motivational tool for teaching computer concepts in the text. Through an entertaining and accessible approach, the book presents the core concepts...

   Published June 14th 2012 by CRC Press
5. Smart Instrumentation

   A Data Flow Approach to Interfacing

   By Uvais Qidwai

   Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Textbooks in Computing

   This text introduces senior undergraduate and graduate students to instrumentation using LabVIEW™ for data flow-based interface design. It covers PC hardware and ports that can be used with circuits. Each chapter presents the theory, relevant mathematics, and algorithmic discussions of the most...

   Published June 14th 2012 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
6. A Gaming Approach to Programming Using C# and XNA

   By Jon A. Preston, Jeffrey Chastine

   Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Textbooks in Computing

   In this accessible book, each chapter presents a key topic, details a simple console-based program to cover the core ideas presented, describes a game that uses the idea, and provides an XNA game that fulfills the idea into a working program. Rather than starting from blank programs and building...

   Published June 14th 2012 by CRC Press
7. Web 2.0 and Beyond

   Principles and Technologies

   By Paul Anderson

   Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Textbooks in Computing

   Web 2.0 and Beyond: Principles and Technologies draws on the author’s iceberg model of Web 2.0, which places the social Web at the tip of the iceberg underpinned by a framework of technologies and ideas. The author incorporates research from a range of areas, including business, economics,...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
8. A Concise Introduction to Programming in Python

   By Mark J. Johnson

   Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Textbooks in Computing

   Suitable for newcomers to computer science, A Concise Introduction to Programming in Python provides a succinct, yet complete, first course in computer science using the Python programming language. The book features: Short, modular chapters with brief and precise explanations, intended for one...

   Published December 20th 2011 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
9. Computers and Society

   Computing for Good

   By Lisa C. Kaczmarczyk

   Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Textbooks in Computing

   Since computer scientists make decisions every day that have societal context and influence, an understanding of society and computing together should be integrated into computer science education. Showing students what they can do with their computing degree, Computers and Society: Computing for...

   Published December 13th 2011 by CRC Press
10. Explorations in Computing

    An Introduction to Computer Science

    By John S. Conery

    Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Textbooks in Computing

    Based on the author’s introductory course at the University of Oregon, Explorations in Computing: An Introduction to Computer Science focuses on the fundamental idea of computation and offers insight into how computation is used to solve a variety of interesting and important real-world problems....

    Published October 28th 2010 by CRC Press