Power of Coding

It is incredible to think that a programming language developed in 1995 in response to the shortcomings of the prevalent language at the time, C, remains one of the world's most popular coding languages more than twenty years later. This is the ongoing legacy of Java, which is hailed as easy to use for a variety of goals and an important part of today's technology. This book traces the evolution of the language and explains how the language works and what it's used for, including Java's role in big data and the internet of things.

Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer are web browsers that are very different from one another, but they have one big similarity: large elements of each were written in C++. This volume introduces readers to important concepts like object-oriented programming while elaborating on the fascinating history of C++, providing examples of code, and exploring the relationship between C++, C, and C#.

JavaScript is characterized by enabling interaction, the language was created so that anyone surfing the internet could engage with a website instantaneously without downloading files or refreshing a page. This book looks at the early history of web browsers, traces the evolution of JavaScript, and explains the many applications of the language today, including Adobe Photoshop and online quizzes.

Though Python takes its name from the comical British television series Monty Python's Flying Circus, the coding language is seriously powerful. Guido van Rossum, the programmer who wrote Python, was motivated to create a coding language that is intuitive and easy to understand. This book traces how van Rossum achieved his goal and how both novice programmers and experts use Python to create apps like Instagram and Pinterest and to achieve other objectives.

When PHP was first developed, its name stood for "Personal Home Page Tools." Today, PHP 5 has come a long way from that original suite of tools. However, PHP is still known for its myriad uses developing websites; in fact, WordPress was written in PHP. The Power of PHP explains why it's a great language for beginners, discusses its many applications, includes sample code, and describes the strengths and weaknesses of each iteration of PHP.