Think Like a Programmer : An Introduction to Creative Problem Solving
| Year of publication: |
2012 ; 1st ed.
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| Authors: | Spraul, V. Anton |
| Publisher: |
San Francisco : No Starch Press, Incorporated |
| Subject: | Innovationsmanagement | Innovation management | Kreativität | Creativity | Problemlösung | Problem solving | Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung | C <Programmiersprache> | C++ |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com] |
| Extent: | 1 online resource (260 pages) |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. Acknowledgments; Introduction; About This Book; Prerequisites; Chosen Topics; Programming Style; Exercises; Why C++?; 1: Strategies for Problem Solving; Classic Puzzles; The Fox, the Goose, and the Corn; Problem: How to Cross the River?; Sliding Tile Puzzles; Problem: The Sliding Eight; Problem: The Sliding Five; Sudoku; Problem: Completing a Sudoku Square; The Quarrasi Lock; Problem: Opening the Alien Lock; General Problem-Solving Techniques; Always Have a Plan; Restate the Problem; Divide the Problem; Start with What You Know; Reduce the Problem; Look for Analogies; Experiment Don't Get FrustratedExercises; 2: Pure Puzzles; Review of C++ Used in This Chapter; Output Patterns; Problem: Half of a Square; Problem: A Square (Half of a Square Reduction); Problem: A Line (Half of a Square Further Reduction); Problem: Count Down by Counting Up; Problem: A Sideways Triangle; Input Processing; Problem: Luhn Checksum Validation; Breaking Down the Problem; Problem: Convert Character Digit to Integer; Problem: Luhn Checksum Validation, Fixed Length; Problem: Simple Checksum Validation, Fixed Length; Problem: Positive or Negative; Putting the Pieces Together; Tracking State Problem: Decode a MessageProblem: Reading a Number with Three or Four Digits; Problem: Reading a Number with Three or Four Digits, Further Simplified; Conclusion; Exercises; 3: Solving Problems with Arrays; Review of Array Fundamentals; Store; Copy; Retrieval and Search; Sort; Compute Statistics; Solving Problems with Arrays; Problem: Finding the Mode; Refactoring; Arrays of Fixed Data; Non-scalar Arrays; Multidimensional Arrays; Deciding When to Use Arrays; Exercises; 4: Solving Problems with Pointers and Dynamic Memory; Review of Pointer Fundamentals; Benefits of Pointers Runtime-Sized Data StructuresResizable Data Structures; Memory Sharing; When to Use Pointers; Memory Matters; The Stack and the Heap; Memory Size; Lifetime; Solving Pointer Problems; Variable-Length Strings; Problem: Variable-Length String Manipulation; Linked Lists; Problem: Tracking an Unknown Quantity of Student Records; Conclusion and Next Steps; Exercises; 5: Solving Problems with Classes; Review of Class Fundamentals; Goals of Class Use; Encapsulation; Code Reuse; Dividing the Problem; Information Hiding; Readability; Expressiveness; Building a Simple Class; Problem: Class Roster The Basic Class FrameworkSupport Methods; Classes with Dynamic Data; Problem: Tracking an Unknown Quantity of Student Records; Adding a Node; Rearranging the List; Destructor; Deep Copy; The Big Picture for Classes with Dynamic Memory; Mistakes to Avoid; The Fake Class; Single-Taskers; Exercises; 6: Solving Problems with Recursion; Review of Recursion Fundamentals; Head and Tail Recursion; Problem: How Many Parrots?; Approach 1; Approach 2; Problem: Who's Our Best Customer?; Approach 1; Approach 2; The Big Recursive Idea; Problem: Computing the Sum of an Array of Integers; Common Mistakes Too Many Parameters |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59327-456-6 ; 1-59327-424-6 ; 978-1-59327-424-5 ; 978-1-59327-424-5 |
| Classification: | Programmierung: Allgemeines |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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