The Secret Life of Programs
- Author: Jon Steinhart
- ISBN: 1593279701
- Year: 2019
- Pages: 504
- Language: English
- File size: 18.9 MB
- File format: PDF, ePub
- Category: Computer Science
Book Description:
A primer about the underlying technology that allows computer programs to do the job. Covers subjects such as computer hardware, combinatorial logic, sequential logic, computer design, computer system, and Input/Output.
Computer programming isn’t subjective and applications run on a server. Understanding how computers operate and how applications run on these is vital to getting a better developer, and comprehending underlying technology can help you create a feeling of what can go wrong. Foundations of Computer Programming fills in the gaps from computer instruction by providing viewers a look under the hood of programming, in the machine. Readers learn how applications acts when working on hardware; how applications manipulate data in memory; how computers procedure languages; and also how web browsers work. They will also know how to write effective programs, computer security principles, and real-world factors to get in your mind when writing code.