Computer Science Programming Basics in Ruby: Exploring Concepts and Curriculum with Ruby Contributor(s): Frieder, Ophir (Author), Frieder, Gideon (Author), Grossman, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1449355978 ISBN-13: 9781449355975 Publisher: O'Reilly Media OUR PRICE: $33.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Computers | Programming Languages - Ruby - Computers | System Administration - Storage & Retrieval - Computers | Computer Science |
Dewey: 005.74 |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 7" W x 9.19" (0.68 lbs) 186 pages |
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Publisher Description: If you know basic high-school math, you can quickly learn and apply the core concepts of computer science with this concise, hands-on book. Led by a team of experts, you'll quickly understand the difference between computer science and computer programming, and you'll learn how algorithms help you solve computing problems. Each chapter builds on material introduced earlier in the book, so you can master one core building block before moving on to the next. You'll explore fundamental topics such as loops, arrays, objects, and classes, using the easy-to-learn Ruby programming language. Then you'll put everything together in the last chapter by programming a simple game of tic-tac-toe.
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Contributor Bio(s): Grossman, David: - David Grossman is the Associate Director of the Information Retrieval Lab at Georgetown University and the Chair of the Steering Committee for the ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management. Ophir Frieder holds the Robert L. McDevitt, K.S.G., K.C.H.S. and Catherine H. McDevitt L.C.H.S. Chair in Computer Science and Information Processing and is Chair of the Department of Computer Science at Georgetown University. He is also Professor of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Biomathematics in the Georgetown University Medical Center. He is a Fellow of the AAAS, ACM, and IEEE. Frieder, Gideon: -Gideon Frieder is the former Dean of Engineering and currently A. James Clark Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science in the School of Engineering of George Washington University. Author of various academic publications in areas of Physics, Logic, medical applications and computer design, his background includes industrial and academic development of sophisticated projects such as complex systems (in the Israeli DoD), an innovative universal emulator/computer used, among other applications, in the certification of the Trident Submarine firing systems (in the US, viaindustrial corporations) and the design of a solar car that won the first place in the world in the 1995 Word Solar Challenge in Japan. ( George Washington University). |