Matthew Justice, a software engineer, spent 17 years at Microsoft where his work included debugging the Windows kernel, developing automated fixes, and leading a team of engineers building diagnostic tools and services. He has worked on everything from low-level software to high-level web applications.

• IntroductionChapter 1: Computing ConceptsChapter 2: Binary in ActionChapter 3: Electrical CircuitsChapter 4: Digital CircuitsChapter 5: Math with Digital CircuitsChapter 6: Memory and Clock SignalsChapter 7: Computer HardwareChapter 8: Machine Code and Assembly LanguageChapter 9: High Level ProgrammingChapter 10: Operating SystemsChapter 11: The InternetChapter 12: The World Wide WebChapter 13: Modern ComputingAppendix A: Answers to ExercisesAppendix B: Setting Up

"Much more understandable than most books of this type, even when the author delves deeply into machine code, programming languages, operating systems and the internet. He details 41 hands-on projects, including games, running a web server, and so on. It's just right for the would-be software engineer." —Joy Schwabach, Arkansas Democrat Gazette's On Computers

Matthew Justice, a software engineer, spent 17 years at Microsoft where his work included debugging the Windows kernel, developing automated fixes, and leading a team of engineers building diagnostic tools and services. He has worked on everything from low-level software to high-level web applications.

• IntroductionChapter 1: Computing ConceptsChapter 2: Binary in ActionChapter 3: Electrical CircuitsChapter 4: Digital CircuitsChapter 5: Math with Digital CircuitsChapter 6: Memory and Clock SignalsChapter 7: Computer HardwareChapter 8: Machine Code and Assembly LanguageChapter 9: High Level ProgrammingChapter 10: Operating SystemsChapter 11: The InternetChapter 12: The World Wide WebChapter 13: Modern ComputingAppendix A: Answers to ExercisesAppendix B: Setting Up

"Much more understandable than most books of this type, even when the author delves deeply into machine code, programming languages, operating systems and the internet. He details 41 hands-on projects, including games, running a web server, and so on. It's just right for the would-be software engineer." —Joy Schwabach, Arkansas Democrat Gazette's On Computers

Matthew Justice, a software engineer, spent 17 years at Microsoft where his work included debugging the Windows kernel, developing automated fixes, and leading a team of engineers building diagnostic tools and services. He has worked on everything from low-level software to high-level web applications.

• IntroductionChapter 1: Computing ConceptsChapter 2: Binary in ActionChapter 3: Electrical CircuitsChapter 4: Digital CircuitsChapter 5: Math with Digital CircuitsChapter 6: Memory and Clock SignalsChapter 7: Computer HardwareChapter 8: Machine Code and Assembly LanguageChapter 9: High Level ProgrammingChapter 10: Operating SystemsChapter 11: The InternetChapter 12: The World Wide WebChapter 13: Modern ComputingAppendix A: Answers to ExercisesAppendix B: Setting Up

"Much more understandable than most books of this type, even when the author delves deeply into machine code, programming languages, operating systems and the internet. He details 41 hands-on projects, including games, running a web server, and so on. It's just right for the would-be software engineer." —Joy Schwabach, Arkansas Democrat Gazette's On Computers