Studying Programming

Studying Programming is co-authored by Sally Fincher and eight other members of the Computer Education Research Group at the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. All are practising computer science (CS) academics with a research interest in CS education. They bring to this book their individual specialist areas of computer education research.SALLY FINCHER is Lecturer in the Computing Laboratory at the University of Kent where she leads the Computer Education Research Group. She is editor of the Journal Computer Science Education jointly with Renee McCauley The other authors from the Computer Education Research Group are:DAVID BARNES is a Lecturer at the University of Kent.JANET CARTER teaches Mathematics, Formal Reasoning and Network Analysis to Computer Science students. ALIY FOWLER is a Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Kent. URSULA FULLER is Dean of Science, Technology and Medical Studies at the University of Kent. MATTHEW JADUD is a PhD student at the University of Kent. COLIN JOHNSON is a Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Kent. BOB KEIM is a Lecturer in Computing at the University of Kent-Medway. JANET LININGTON is a Lecturer in the Computing Laboratory at the University of Kent.

• GETTING STARTEDWho is this Book for?What is Programming?Everyone Makes MistakesYOUR FIRST PROGRAMBefore You StartWriting Your First ProgramThe Nature of ErrorsYOUR NEXT PROGRAMSThe Many Ways of ProgrammingWriting Bigger ProgramsBecoming a DetectiveIT ALL GETS INTERESTINGGrappling With DesignWriting Your Nth ProgramJuggling all the PiecesOTHER LANGUAGESWhy Do We Have Different Programming Languages?Exploiting Your Programming SkillsTaking Programming FurtherHERE BE DRAGONSHow Languages DifferIn ClosingReferencesIndex.

This book is a significant achievement, meeting a desperate need for the kind of material that rarely finds its way into conventional, language-specific books on learning to program. It should be required reading for all students embarking on a course of study that involves some programming. - Nick Efford, University of Leeds, UK