A Balanced Introduction to Computer ScienceFor Introduction to Computing and the Web courses in departments of Math and Computer Science. This thoughtfully written 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. Integrating breadth-based and depth-based chapters, Reed covers a broad range of topics balanced with programming depth in a hands-on, tutorial style. Supplements Include:
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... function is available, the program- mer does not need to remember the sequence of steps involved in computing a square root. Instead, he or she only needs to remember how to call the Math.sqrt function. Second, functions help minimize ...
... function is available, the program- mer does not need to remember the sequence of steps involved in computing a square root. Instead, he or she only needs to remember how to call the Math.sqrt function. Second, functions help minimize ...
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David Reed. simple functions that augmented the predefined functions already provided. By encapsulating all of the JavaScript statements to be executed when a button is clicked, a user-defined function (such as the Greet function in ...
David Reed. simple functions that augmented the predefined functions already provided. By encapsulating all of the JavaScript statements to be executed when a button is clicked, a user-defined function (such as the Greet function in ...
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... function, this signifies that the function requires input values to per- form the desired computation.These inputs must be specified when the function is called, and are subse- quently assigned to the parameters for completing the ...
... function, this signifies that the function requires input values to per- form the desired computation.These inputs must be specified when the function is called, and are subse- quently assigned to the parameters for completing the ...
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