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The world of computing has always had one corner stone of particular interest to many, from educators to practitioners: languages. And programming languages in particular. Over the years, we have seen new languages come-and, much less fre­ quently, old languages go. It is always tempting to focus on "the one" language of fashion of the day. In this very readable and instructive textbook, Stan Warford has done the unusual-and risky-by taking the programming language Component Pascal that is far from mainstream, although it does have roots that are among the strongest in the field. Given that the concept of formal language, whether at the level of architecture, design, or implementation language, is central to our discipline, it is important that students continue to be exposed to a wide variety of languages. No single language does everything perfectly, or even well, and students need to understand this funda­ mental tradeoff. The same holds for frameworks and programming models that need to be designed to allow harmony between the natural ways of a language and the needs to a framework for a particular domain.

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The first English book on Component Pascal and BlackBox Component Builder. It introduces the reader to computer programming, i.e. algorithms and data structures. The book covers many new programming concepts that have emerged in recent years including object-oriented programming and design patterns. It emphasizes the practical aspects of software construction without neglecting their solid theoretical foundation. "As a result, students are always able to anchor what they learn in application scenarios that make immediate sense." (Prof. Clemens Szyperski, Redmond) " ... a unique approach introducing all the modern things we did not have ten years ago: GUIs, components, frameworks, UML, design by contract, design patterns." (Prof. Karlheinz Hug, Reutlingen)

Author Biography

Dr. J. Stanley Warford has industrial experience as an aerospace engineer, has taught for more than twenty-five years at the university level, and has written several computer science books. He is currently Professor of Computer Science at Pepperdine University, where he received the Luckman Award for outstanding teaching.

Table of Contents

1 The BlackBox Framework.- 2 Languages and Grammars.- 3 Modules and Interfaces.- 4 Variables.- 5 Dialog Boxes.- 6 Selection.- 7 Abstract Stacks and Lists.- 8 Nested Selections.- 9 The MVC Design Pattern.- 10 Loops.- 11 Nested Loops.- 12 Proper Procedures.- 13 Function Procedures.- 14 Random Numbers.- 15 One-Dimensional Arrays.- 16 Iterative Searching and Sorting.- 17 Stack and List Implementations.- 18 Two-Dimensional Arrays.- 19 Recursion.- 20 Recursive Searching and Sorting.- 21 Linked Lists.- 22 Binary Trees.- 23 Inheritance and Polymorphism.- 24 The State Design Pattern.- Appendix A Component Pascal Syntax.

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The world of computing has always had one corner stone of particular interest to many, from educators to practitioners: languages. And programming languages in particular. Over the years, we have seen new languages come-and, much less fre

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The book introduces the reader to computer programming, i.e. algorithms and data structures. It covers many new programming concepts that have emerged in recent years including object-oriented programming and design patterns. The book emphasizes the practical aspects of software construction without neglecting their solid theoretical foundation. To explain the principles, concepts and methods, the component-oriented programming language Component Pascal is used, supported by the development environment BlackBox Component Builder. The book has been class tested and refined for many years. It is designed to be easy to teach and to learn from, having 229 illustrations, 18 tables, 170 numbered exercises, and 403 exercises and problems.

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