Computing Fundamentals

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. The BlackBox Framework

   • J. Stanley Warford

   Pages 1-13

3. Languages and Grammars

   • J. Stanley Warford

   Pages 15-28

4. Modules and Interfaces

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   Pages 29-47

5. Variables

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   Pages 49-74

6. Dialog Boxes

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   Pages 75-86

7. Selection

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   Pages 87-112

8. Abstract Stacks and Lists

   • J. Stanley Warford

   Pages 113-150

9. Nested Selections

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   Pages 151-173

10. The MVC Design Pattern

    • J. Stanley Warford

    Pages 175-199

11. Loops

    • J. Stanley Warford

    Pages 201-237

12. Nested Loops

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    Pages 239-250

13. Proper Procedures

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    Pages 251-275

14. Function Procedures

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    Pages 277-291

15. Random Numbers

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    Pages 293-311

16. One-Dimensional Arrays

    • J. Stanley Warford

    Pages 313-348

17. Iterative Searching and Sorting

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    Pages 349-365

18. Stack and List Implementations

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    Pages 367-380

19. Two-Dimensional Arrays

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    Pages 381-397

20. Recursion

    • J. Stanley Warford

    Pages 399-431

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.

• BlackBox
• Component
• Component Builder
• Component Pascal
• Computing Fundamentals
• Frameworks
• Graphical User Interface
• Ingenieure
• Komponentenbasierte Software
• Object-Oriented Languages
• Objektorientierte Programmierung
• Programming
• Software Design
• algorithms
• data structures
• design
• design pattern
• language
• object orientation
• object-oriented programming (OOP)
• Pascal
• patterns
• programming
• programming language
• software
• Unified Modeling Language (UML)
• user interface

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.

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