The Psychology Of Computer Programming

Author : Gerald M. Weinberg
Publisher : Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Computer Programming written by Gerald M. Weinberg and published by Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated. This book was released on 1998 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover or Revisit One of the Most Popular Books in Computing This landmark 1971 classic is reprinted with a new preface, chapter-by-chapter commentary, and straight-from-the-heart observations on topics that affect the professional life of programmers. Long regarded as one of the first books to pioneer a people-oriented approach to computing, The Psychology of Computer Programming endures as a penetrating analysis of the intelligence, skill, teamwork, and problem-solving power of the computer programmer. Finding the chapters strikingly relevant to today's issues in programming, Gerald M. Weinberg adds new insights and highlights the similarities and differences between now and then. Using a conversational style that invites the reader to join him, Weinberg reunites with some of his most insightful writings on the human side of software engineering. Topics include egoless programming, intelligence, psychological measurement, personality factors, motivation, training, social problems on large projects, problem-solving ability, programming language design, team formation, the programming environment, and much more. Dorset House Publishing is proud to make this important text available to new generations of programmers--and to encourage readers of the first edition to return to its valuable lessons.

Author : Ben Shneiderman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Software Psychology written by Ben Shneiderman and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motivation for a psychological approach; Research methods; Programming as human performance; Programming style; Software quality evaluation; Team organizations and group processes; Database systems and data models; Database query and manipulation languages; Natural language; Interactive interface issues; Designing interactive systems.

Author : Jennifer Connor-Smith
Publisher : Millbrook Press
ISBN 13 : 1541595874
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wide World of Coding written by Jennifer Connor-Smith and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best part about coding is that anyone with a computer can learn how to do it. From education to healthcare to entertainment, software touches almost every aspect of twenty-first century life. Take a high-level perspective on the types of people who create that software—including many jobs that do not involve writing code at all. Learn about the software development cycle and the huge variety of skills developers draw on, including psychology, mathematics, and art, to create amazing apps and programs. Explore why diversity is needed to prevent bias in design. Learn about the different coding languages and what they are used for, how developers choose a language, and tools that simplify coding. Jennifer Connor-Smith breaks down stereotypes about coding as a career that is open only to technology-obsessed gamers, revealing ways people use software to improve medical care, nurture dementia patients, promote social justice, and more. Hands-on activities show you how easy it is to learn to think like a coder. The next generation of coders will require diverse teams, creativity, and ethical codes of conduct to create the best and most successful software. Will you be one of them?

Author : Gerald M. Weinberg
Publisher : Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding the Professional Programmer written by Gerald M. Weinberg and published by Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated. This book was released on 1988 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The insights are fascinating--you are sure to recognize yourself or your associates. This is the one book nobody in this dynamic field can afford to miss.

Author : Richard E. Mayer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135433372
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching and Learning Computer Programming written by Richard E. Mayer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The influx of computer technology into classrooms during the past decade raises the questions -- how can we teach children to use computers productively and what effect will learning to program computers have on them? During this same period, researchers have investigated novice learning of computer programming. Teaching and Learning Computer Programming unites papers and perspectives by respected researchers of teaching and learning computer science while it summarizes and integrates major theoretical and empirical contributions. It gives a current and concise account of how instructional techniques affect student learning and how learning of programming affects students' cognitive skills. This collection is an ideal supplementary text for students and a valuable reference for professionals and researchers of education, technology and psychology, computer science, communication, developmental psychology, and industrial organization.

Author : D. Britz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3662218194
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Digital Simulation in Electrochemistry written by D. Britz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the result of frustration. When I first became interested in digi tal simulation in 1967 (I didn't know the name then), there were no texts to tell one the how of it. This has not changed greatly since then; it is significant that just about all publications about the technique refer to a chapter by Feldberg in an electrochemical series, written in 1969. When I ran a course on the method recently, it became evident that this chapter is not enough for the raw beginner. Neither does he/she get much help from the mathematical textbooks which, at best, leave the special electrochemical aspects (if not a lot else) to one's imagination. This book, then, is written for practical digital simulators who do not have a friend who will tell them how to do it. The beauty of the digital approach is that one can separate out various dynamic processes taking place simultaneously. I have structured the book in this way. The major computing usually lies in the diffusion of substance, while the major program ming effort (and preparatory paper work) goes into the boundary conditions. These are treated separately.

Author : Bonnie A. Nardi
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262140539
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Small Matter of Programming written by Bonnie A. Nardi and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes cognitive, social and technical issues of end user programming. Drawing on empirical research on existing end user systems, this text examines the importance of task-specific programming languages, visual application frameworks and collaborative work practices for end user computing.

Author : Diane Stanley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481452495
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science written by Diane Stanley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fascinating look at Ada Lovelace, the pioneering computer programmer and the daughter of the poet Lord Byron." --

Author : Adam Tornhill
Publisher : Pragmatic Bookshelf
ISBN 13 : 1680505203
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Your Code as a Crime Scene written by Adam Tornhill and published by Pragmatic Bookshelf. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack the Ripper and legacy codebases have more in common than you'd think. Inspired by forensic psychology methods, you'll learn strategies to predict the future of your codebase, assess refactoring direction, and understand how your team influences the design. With its unique blend of forensic psychology and code analysis, this book arms you with the strategies you need, no matter what programming language you use. Software is a living entity that's constantly changing. To understand software systems, we need to know where they came from and how they evolved. By mining commit data and analyzing the history of your code, you can start fixes ahead of time to eliminate broken designs, maintenance issues, and team productivity bottlenecks. In this book, you'll learn forensic psychology techniques to successfully maintain your software. You'll create a geographic profile from your commit data to find hotspots, and apply temporal coupling concepts to uncover hidden relationships between unrelated areas in your code. You'll also measure the effectiveness of your code improvements. You'll learn how to apply these techniques on projects both large and small. For small projects, you'll get new insights into your design and how well the code fits your ideas. For large projects, you'll identify the good and the fragile parts. Large-scale development is also a social activity, and the team's dynamics influence code quality. That's why this book shows you how to uncover social biases when analyzing the evolution of your system. You'll use commit messages as eyewitness accounts to what is really happening in your code. Finally, you'll put it all together by tracking organizational problems in the code and finding out how to fix them. Come join the hunt for better code! What You Need: You need Java 6 and Python 2.7 to run the accompanying analysis tools. You also need Git to follow along with the examples.

Author : E. Soloway
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1317786203
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studying the Novice Programmer written by E. Soloway and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parallel to the growth of computer usage in society is the growth of programming instruction in schools. This informative volume unites a wide range of perspectives on the study of novice programmers that will not only inform readers of empirical findings, but will also provide insights into how novices reason and solve problems within complex domains. The large variety of methodologies found in these studies helps to improve programming instruction and makes this an invaluable reference for researchers planning studies of their own. Topics discussed include historical perspectives, transfer, learning, bugs, and programming environments.