{"product_id":"how-to-design-programs-an-introduction-to-programming-and-computing","title":"How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing","description":"This introduction to programming places computer science in the core of a liberal arts education. Unlike other introductory books, it focuses on the program design process. This approach fosters a variety of skills—critical reading, analytical thinking, creative synthesis, and attention to detail—that are important for everyone, not just future computer programmers. The book exposes readers to two fundamentally new ideas. First, it presents program design guidelines that show the reader how to analyze a problem statement; how to formulate concise goals; how to make up examples; how to develop an outline of the solution, based on the analysis; how to finish the program; and how to test. Each step produces a well-defined intermediate product. Second, the book comes with a novel programming environment, the first one explicitly designed for beginners. The environment grows with the readers as they master the material in the book until it supports a full-fledged language for the whole spectrum of programming tasks.\nAll the book's support materials are available for free on the Web. The Web site includes the environment, teacher guides, exercises for all levels, solutions, and additional projects.\nA second edition is now available.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0262062186\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0262062186.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Matthias Felleisen|Robert Bruce Findler|Matthew Flatt|Shriram Krishnamurthi\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43333780406333,"sku":"BVV.0262062186.A","price":8.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0262062186-0.jpg?v=1783643248","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/how-to-design-programs-an-introduction-to-programming-and-computing","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}