Basics of Programming and Algorithms, Principles and Applications

Roberto Mantaci is an assistant professor and researcher in the computer science field since 1993 at Université Paris Cité. He is a member of the Institut de Recherche en Informatique Fondamentale (IRIF) Computer Science Laboratory.Jean-Baptiste Yunès is an assistant professor and researcher in the computer science field since 1993 at Université Paris Cité. He is a member of the Institut de Recherche en Informatique Fondamentale (IRIF) Computer Science Laboratory.

• - Part I Python Programming.- Introduction.- First steps in Python.- Programs.- Functions and Recursion.- Data structures.- Drawings and more.- Part II Algorithms.- Algorithm performance.- Introduction to recursion.- The sorting problem.- More on recursion.- Trees as data structures.- Hashing.

“Each chapter typically starts with examples to illustrate the ideas, and many exercises are spread over the whole book. Solutions to some excercises are also included. Overall, this is a very useful textbook for students of computer science.” (T. C. Mohan, zbMATH 1556.68003, 2025)