Exercises for programmers : 57 challenges to develop your coding skills / Brian P. Hogan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hogan, Brian P., author.

Contributor:

Pfalzer, Susannah Davidson, editor.

Series:

Pragmatic programmers.

The Pragmatic Programmers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer programming--Problems, exercises, etc.

Computer programming.

Coding theory--Problems, exercises, etc.

Coding theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (114 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Version P1.0.

Place of Publication:

Dallas, [Texas] ; Raleigh, [North Carolina] : The Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2015.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

When you write software, you need to be at the top of your game. Great programmers practice to keep their skills sharp. Get sharp and stay sharp with more than fifty practice exercises rooted in real-world scenarios. If you're a new programmer, these challenges will help you learn what you need to break into the field, and if you're a seasoned pro, you can use these exercises to learn that hot new language for your next gig.

Contents:

Cover

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

How to Use This Book

Who This Book Is For

What's in This Book (And What's Not)

What You Need

Online Resources

1. Turning Problems into Code

Understanding the Problem

Discovering Inputs, Processes, and Outputs

Driving Design with Tests

Writing the Algorithm in Pseudocode

Writing the Code

Challenges

Onward!

2. Input, Processing, and Output

Exercise 1. Saying Hello

Exercise 2. Counting the Number of Characters

Exercise 3. Printing Quotes

Exercise 4. Mad Lib

Exercise 5. Simple Math

Exercise 6. Retirement Calculator

What You Learned

3. Calculations

Exercise 7. Area of a Rectangular Room

Exercise 8. Pizza Party

Exercise 9. Paint Calculator

Exercise 10. Self-Checkout

Exercise 11. Currency Conversion

Exercise 12. Computing Simple Interest

Exercise 13. Determining Compound Interest

4. Making Decisions

Exercise 14. Tax Calculator

Exercise 15. Password Validation

Exercise 16. Legal Driving Age

Exercise 17. Blood Alcohol Calculator

Exercise 18. Temperature Converter

Exercise 19. BMI Calculator

Exercise 20. Multistate Sales Tax Calculator

Exercise 21. Numbers to Names

Exercise 22. Comparing Numbers

Exercise 23. Troubleshooting Car Issues

5. Functions

Exercise 24. Anagram Checker

Exercise 25. Password Strength Indicator

Exercise 26. Months to Pay Off a Credit Card

Exercise 27. Validating Inputs

6. Repetition

Exercise 28. Adding Numbers

Exercise 29. Handling Bad Input

Exercise 30. Multiplication Table

Exercise 31. Karvonen Heart Rate

Exercise 32. Guess the Number Game

7. Data Structures

Exercise 33. Magic 8 Ball

Exercise 34. Employee List Removal

Exercise 35. Picking a Winner.

Exercise 36. Computing Statistics

Exercise 37. Password Generator

Exercise 38. Filtering Values

Exercise 39. Sorting Records

Exercise 40. Filtering Records

8. Working with Files

Exercise 41. Name Sorter

Exercise 42. Parsing a Data File

Exercise 43. Website Generator

Exercise 44. Product Search

Exercise 45. Word Finder

Exercise 46. Word Frequency Finder

9. Working with External Services

Exercise 47. Who's in Space?

Exercise 48. Grabbing the Weather

Exercise 49. Flickr Photo Search

Exercise 50. Movie Recommendations

Exercise 51. Pushing Notes to Firebase

Exercise 52. Creating Your Own Time Service

10. Full Programs

Exercise 53. Todo List

Exercise 54. URL Shortener

Exercise 55. Text Sharing

Exercise 56. Tracking Inventory

Exercise 57. Trivia App

Where to Go Next.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781680501513

1680501518

9781680503494

1680503499

9781680503487

1680503480

9781680501223

1680501224

OCLC:

928712353