Dr. Liang earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Okalahoma in 1991, and an MS and BS in Computer Science from Fudan University in Shanghai, China, in 1986 and 1983. Prior to joining Armstrong, he was an associate professor in computer science at Purdue University in Fort Wayne, where he twice received the Excellence in Research award. Dr. Liang was trained in theoretical computer science. He was active in graph algorithms from 1990 to 1995 and published more than ten papers in several established journals such as SIAM Journal on Computing, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Acta Informatics, and Information Processing Letters. Since 1996, he has devoted to writing texts and published more than thirty books with Prentice Hall. His popular computer science texts are widely adopted in the world. Dr. Liang was elected a Java Champion in 2005 by Sun Microsystems. He has given lectures on Java internationally.

• Chapter 1 Introduction to Computers, Programs, and PythonChapter 2 Elementary ProgrammingChapter 3 Introduction to Functions, Strings, and ObjectsChapter 4 SelectionsChapter 5 LoopsChapter 6 FunctionsChapter 7 Object-Oriented ProgrammingChapter 8 Thinking in ObjectsChapter 9 GUI Programming Using TkinterChapter 10 ListsChapter 11 Multi-dimensional ListsChapter 12 Inheritance and PolymorphismChapter 13 Files and Exception HandlingChapter 14 Tuples, Sets, and DictionariesChapter 15 RecursionChapters 16-23 are bonus Web chapters on DSChapter 16 Developing Efficient AlgorithmsChapter 17 SortingChapter 18 Linked Lists, Stacks, Queues, and Priority QueuesChapter 19 Binary Search TreesChapter 20 AVL TreesChapter 21 HashingChapter 22 Graphs and ApplicationsChapter 23 Weighted Graphs and ApplicationsAppendixesAppendix A Python KeywordsAppendix B The ASCII Character SetAppendix C Number Systems

Dr. Liang earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Okalahoma in 1991, and an MS and BS in Computer Science from Fudan University in Shanghai, China, in 1986 and 1983. Prior to joining Armstrong, he was an associate professor in computer science at Purdue University in Fort Wayne, where he twice received the Excellence in Research award. Dr. Liang was trained in theoretical computer science. He was active in graph algorithms from 1990 to 1995 and published more than ten papers in several established journals such as SIAM Journal on Computing, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Acta Informatics, and Information Processing Letters. Since 1996, he has devoted to writing texts and published more than thirty books with Prentice Hall. His popular computer science texts are widely adopted in the world. Dr. Liang was elected a Java Champion in 2005 by Sun Microsystems. He has given lectures on Java internationally.

• Chapter 1 Introduction to Computers, Programs, and PythonChapter 2 Elementary ProgrammingChapter 3 Introduction to Functions, Strings, and ObjectsChapter 4 SelectionsChapter 5 LoopsChapter 6 FunctionsChapter 7 Object-Oriented ProgrammingChapter 8 Thinking in ObjectsChapter 9 GUI Programming Using TkinterChapter 10 ListsChapter 11 Multi-dimensional ListsChapter 12 Inheritance and PolymorphismChapter 13 Files and Exception HandlingChapter 14 Tuples, Sets, and DictionariesChapter 15 RecursionChapters 16-23 are bonus Web chapters on DSChapter 16 Developing Efficient AlgorithmsChapter 17 SortingChapter 18 Linked Lists, Stacks, Queues, and Priority QueuesChapter 19 Binary Search TreesChapter 20 AVL TreesChapter 21 HashingChapter 22 Graphs and ApplicationsChapter 23 Weighted Graphs and ApplicationsAppendixesAppendix A Python KeywordsAppendix B The ASCII Character SetAppendix C Number Systems

Dr. Liang earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Okalahoma in 1991, and an MS and BS in Computer Science from Fudan University in Shanghai, China, in 1986 and 1983. Prior to joining Armstrong, he was an associate professor in computer science at Purdue University in Fort Wayne, where he twice received the Excellence in Research award. Dr. Liang was trained in theoretical computer science. He was active in graph algorithms from 1990 to 1995 and published more than ten papers in several established journals such as SIAM Journal on Computing, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Acta Informatics, and Information Processing Letters. Since 1996, he has devoted to writing texts and published more than thirty books with Prentice Hall. His popular computer science texts are widely adopted in the world. Dr. Liang was elected a Java Champion in 2005 by Sun Microsystems. He has given lectures on Java internationally.

• Chapter 1 Introduction to Computers, Programs, and PythonChapter 2 Elementary ProgrammingChapter 3 Introduction to Functions, Strings, and ObjectsChapter 4 SelectionsChapter 5 LoopsChapter 6 FunctionsChapter 7 Object-Oriented ProgrammingChapter 8 Thinking in ObjectsChapter 9 GUI Programming Using TkinterChapter 10 ListsChapter 11 Multi-dimensional ListsChapter 12 Inheritance and PolymorphismChapter 13 Files and Exception HandlingChapter 14 Tuples, Sets, and DictionariesChapter 15 RecursionChapters 16-23 are bonus Web chapters on DSChapter 16 Developing Efficient AlgorithmsChapter 17 SortingChapter 18 Linked Lists, Stacks, Queues, and Priority QueuesChapter 19 Binary Search TreesChapter 20 AVL TreesChapter 21 HashingChapter 22 Graphs and ApplicationsChapter 23 Weighted Graphs and ApplicationsAppendixesAppendix A Python KeywordsAppendix B The ASCII Character SetAppendix C Number Systems