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Introduction to Programming and Problem-Solving Using Scala

By: Mark C. Lewis,Lisa Lacher

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Introduction to Programming and Problem-Solving Using Scala

By: Mark C. Lewis,Lisa Lacher

Praise for the first edition: "The well-written, comprehensive book...[is] aiming to become a de facto reference for the language and its features and capabilities. The pace is appropriate for beginners; programming concepts are introduced progressively through a range of examples and then used as tools for building applications in various domains, including sophisticated data structures and algorithms...Highly recommended. Students of all levels, faculty, and professionals/practitioners.—D. Papamichail, University of Miami in CHOICE Magazine Mark Lewis’ Introduction to the Art of Programming Using Scala was the first textbook to use Scala for introductory CS courses. Fully revised and expanded, the new edition of this popular text has been divided into two books. Introduction to Programming and Problem-Solving Using Scala is designed to be used in first semester college classrooms to teach students beginning programming with Scala. The book focuses on the key topics students need to know in an introductory course, while also highlighting the features that make Scala a great programming language to learn. The book is filled with end-of-chapter projects and exercises, and the authors have also posted a number of different supplements on the book website. Video lectures for each chapter in the book are also available on YouTube. The videos show construction of code from the ground up and this type of "live coding" is invaluable for learning to program, as it allows students into the mind of a more experienced programmer, where they can see the thought processes associated with the development of the code. About the Authors Mark Lewis is a Professor at Trinity University. He teaches a number of different courses, spanning from first semester introductory courses to advanced seminars. His research interests included simulations and modeling, programming languages, and numerical modeling of rings around planets with nearby moons. Lisa Lacher is an Assistant Professor at the University of Houston, Clear Lake with over 25 years of professional software development experience. She teaches a number of different courses spanning from first semester introductory courses to graduate level courses. Her research interests include Computer Science Education, Agile Software Development, Human Computer Interaction and Usability Engineering, as well as Measurement and Empirical Software Engineering.

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1498730965

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Object-Orientation, Abstraction, and Data Structures Using Scala, Second Edition

By: Mark C. Lewis,Lisa L. Lacher

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Object-Orientation, Abstraction, and Data Structures Using Scala, Second Edition

By: Mark C. Lewis,Lisa L. Lacher

Praise for the first edition: "The well-written, comprehensive book...[is] aiming to become a de facto reference for the language and its features and capabilities. The pace is appropriate for beginners; programming concepts are introduced progressively through a range of examples and then used as tools for building applications in various domains, including sophisticated data structures and algorithms...Highly recommended. Students of all levels, faculty, and professionals/practitioners.? —D. Papamichail, University of Miami in CHOICE Magazine ? Mark Lewis’ Introduction to the Art of Programming Using Scala?was the first textbook to use Scala for introductory CS courses. Fully revised and expanded, the new edition of this popular text has been divided into two books. Object-Orientation, Abstraction, and Data Structures Using Scala, Second Edition is intended to be used as a textbook for a second or third semester course in Computer Science. The Scala programming language provides powerful constructs for expressing both object orientation and abstraction. This book provides students with these tools of object orientation to help them structure solutions to larger, more complex problems, and to expand on their knowledge of abstraction so that they can make their code more powerful and flexible. The book also illustrates key concepts through the creation of data structures, showing how data structures can be written, and the strengths and weaknesses of each one. Libraries that provide the functionality needed to do real programming are also explored in the text, including GUIs, multithreading, and networking. The book is filled with end-of-chapter projects and exercises, and the authors have also posted a number of different supplements on the book website. Video lectures for each chapter in the book are also available on YouTube. The videos show construction of code from the ground up and this type of "live coding" is invaluable for learning to program, as it allows students into the mind of a more experienced programmer, where they can see the thought processes associated with the development of the code. About the Authors Mark Lewis is an Associate Professor at Trinity University. He teaches a number of different courses, spanning from first semester introductory courses to advanced seminars. His research interests included simulations and modeling, programming languages, and numerical modeling of rings around planets with nearby moons.? Lisa Lacher is an Assistant Professor at the University of Houston, Clear Lake with over 25 years of professional software development experience. She teaches a number of different courses spanning from first semester introductory courses to graduate level courses. Her research interests include Computer Science Education, Agile Software Development, Human Computer Interaction and Usability Engineering, as well as Measurement and Empirical Software Engineering.

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1498732194

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Living with Oil

Promises, Peaks, and Declines on Mexico’s Gulf Coast

By: Lisa Breglia

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Living with Oil

Promises, Peaks, and Declines on Mexico’s Gulf Coast

By: Lisa Breglia

For decades, Mexico has been one of the world’s top non-OPEC oil exporters, but since the 2004 peak and subsequent decline of the massive offshore oilfield—Cantarell—the prospects for the country have worsened. Living with Oil takes a unique look at the cultural and economic dilemmas in this locale, focusing on residents in the fishing community of Isla Aguada, Campeche, who experienced the long-term repercussions of a 1979 oil spill that at its height poured out 30,000 barrels a day, a blowout eerily similar to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. Tracing the interplay of the global energy market and the struggle it creates between citizens, the state, and multinational corporations, this study also provides lessons in the tug-of-war between environmentalism and the lure of profits. In Mexico, oil has held status as a symbol of nationalist pride as well as a key economic asset that supports the state’s everyday operations. Capturing these dilemmas in a country now facing a national security crisis at the hands of violent drug traffickers, cultural anthropologist Lisa Breglia covers issues of sovereignty, security, and stability in Mexico’s post-peak future. The first in-depth account of the local effects of peak oil in Mexico, emphasizing the everyday lives and livelihoods of coastal Campeche residents, Living with Oil demonstrates important aspects of the political economy of energy while showing vivid links between the global energy marketplace and the individual lives it affects.

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University of Texas Press

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0292744617

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9780292744615

Susan Sontag

The Making of an Icon

By: Carl Edmund Rollyson,Lisa Olson Paddock

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Susan Sontag

The Making of an Icon

By: Carl Edmund Rollyson,Lisa Olson Paddock

Delves beneath the surface to examine the forces that made Sontag an international icon, exploring her public persona and private passions, including the strategies behind her meteoric rise to fame and her political moves.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393049280

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Paleopathology of the Ancient Egyptians

An Annotated Bibliography 1995–2016 Updated Edition

By: Lisa Sabbahy

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Paleopathology of the Ancient Egyptians

An Annotated Bibliography 1995–2016 Updated Edition

By: Lisa Sabbahy

This updated and expanded annotated bibliography presents and describes over 1,200 books, dissertations, excavation reports, and articles relevant to the paleopathology of the ancient Egyptians from the fields of Egyptology, physical anthropology, archaeology, and medicine, making it possible for scholars in these different fields to keep current with the latest finds and results. Each source has a short annotation explaining its relevant pathological information, so that scholars can ascertain whether or not any particular source is germane to their own research, and see what is being studied and published by others. In particular, this bibliography will be an immense help to scholars outside the field of Egyptology who want to know about the newest excavations with human remains. It will be indispensable to scholars as well as non-specialists who are intrigued by this area of study, particularly forensic pathologists, medical researchers, historians of medicine, and mummy enthusiasts.

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American University in Cairo Press

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1617977284

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Care of the Obese in Advanced Practice Nursing

Communication, Assessment, and Treatment

By: Lisa L. M. Maher, DNP, ARNP, FNP-BC

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Care of the Obese in Advanced Practice Nursing

Communication, Assessment, and Treatment

By: Lisa L. M. Maher, DNP, ARNP, FNP-BC

The first book to provide APNs with the tools to effectively treat obese patients This book is the first resource to give the APN the practical tools with which to communicate, assess, and treat obese patients. Designed to help APNs to easily broach an uncomfortable topic, the book walks practitioners through the exam, providing tips on effective communication, understanding lifestyle constraints, and working with the patient to improve their condition without shame. Emphasizing multidisciplinary approaches and evidence-based treatment, the book addresses prevention, provider recognition, and treatment of adult and pediatric obesity with the goal of improving overall quality of life. The resource offers practical information on diet and exercise that foster healthy weight loss along with psychological, pharmacological, and surgical recommendations. Effective tips on all facets of working with obese patients, bolstered with real-life examples that provide the patient’s perspective, help APNs understand and provide a better quality of care to these vulnerable patients. Additionally, the book includes substantial information on comorbidities, which add to the complexity of obesity treatment. Chapters address current trends and causes of obesity; communication "dos" and "don'ts;" the technical aspects of obesity including genetics and pathophysiology, obesity as an addiction; eating disorders; assessment from the APN point of view; disease management; pharmacological, surgical, and medical management; and costs and insurance coverage. Several tools that can be used to enhance clinical practice are featured in the Appendix. Key Features: Written specifically for the Advanced Practice Nurse Covers all facets of communication with, assessment of, and treatment of obese patients Includes case studies and treatment plans from a nursing perspective Highlights a multidisciplinary approach Includes effective tips, photographs, and real-life examples that illustrate the patient’s perspective

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Springer Publishing Company

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0826123589

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Raising Consumers

Children and the American Mass Market in the Early Twentieth Century

By: Lisa Jacobson

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Raising Consumers

Children and the American Mass Market in the Early Twentieth Century

By: Lisa Jacobson

In the present electronic torrent of MTV and teen flicks, Nintendo and Air Jordan advertisements, consumer culture is an unmistakably important—and controversial—dimension of modern childhood. Historians and social commentators have typically assumed that the child consumer became significant during the postwar television age. But the child consumer was already an important phenomenon in the early twentieth century. The family, traditionally the primary institution of child socialization, began to face an array of new competitors who sought to put their own imprint on children's acculturation to consumer capitalism. Advertisers, children's magazine publishers, public schools, child experts, and children's peer groups alternately collaborated with, and competed against, the family in their quest to define children's identities. At stake in these conflicts and collaborations was no less than the direction of American consumer society—would children's consumer training rein in hedonistic excesses or contribute to the spread of hollow, commercial values? Not simply a new player in the economy, the child consumer became a lightning rod for broader concerns about the sanctity of the family and the authority of the market in modern capitalist culture. Lisa Jacobson reveals how changing conceptions of masculinity and femininity shaped the ways Americans understood the virtues and vices of boy and girl consumers—and why boys in particular emerged as the heroes of the new consumer age. She also analyzes how children's own behavior, peer culture, and emotional investment in goods influenced the dynamics of the new consumer culture. Raising Consumers is a provocative examination of the social, economic, and cultural forces that produced and ultimately legitimized a distinctive children's consumer culture in the early twentieth century.

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Columbia University Press

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0231509243

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9780231509244

Informed Consent

Legal Theory and Clinical Practice

By: Jessica W. Berg,Paul S. Appelbaum,Charles W. Lidz,Lisa S. Parker

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Informed Consent

Legal Theory and Clinical Practice

By: Jessica W. Berg,Paul S. Appelbaum,Charles W. Lidz,Lisa S. Parker

Informed consent - as an ethical ideal and legal doctrine - has been the source of much concern to clinicians. Drawing on a diverse set of backgrounds and two decades of research in clinical settings, the authors - a lawyer, a physician, a social scientist, and a philosopher - help clinicians understand and cope with their legal obligations and show how the proper handling of informed consent can improve , rather than impede, patient care. Following a concise review of the ethical and legal foundations of informed consent, they provide detailed, practical suggestions for incorporating informed consent into clinical practice. This completely revised and updated edition discusses how to handle informed consent in all phases of the doctor-patient relationship, use of consent forms, patients' refusals of treatment, and consent to research. It comments on recent laws and national policy, and addresses cutting edge issues, such as fulfilling physician obligations under managed care. This clear and succinct book contains a wealth of information that will not only help clinicians meet the legal requirements of informed consent and understand its ethical underpinnings, but also enhance their ability to deal with their patients more effectively. It will be of value to all those working in areas where issues of informed consent are likely to arise, including medicine, biomedical research, mental health care, nursing, dentistry, biomedical ethics, and law.

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Oxford University Press

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0199747784

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9780199747788

Living with Oil

Promises, Peaks, and Declines on Mexico’s Gulf Coast

By: Lisa C. Breglia

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Living with Oil

Promises, Peaks, and Declines on Mexico’s Gulf Coast

By: Lisa C. Breglia

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University of Texas Press

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0292748744

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Kingship, Power, and Legitimacy in Ancient Egypt

From the Old Kingdom to the Middle Kingdom

By: Lisa K. Sabbahy

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Kingship, Power, and Legitimacy in Ancient Egypt

From the Old Kingdom to the Middle Kingdom

By: Lisa K. Sabbahy

This book presents a history of ancient Egyptian kingship. It examines the basis of kingship and its legitimacy.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108830919

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Hematopathology - E-Book

By: Elaine Sarkin Jaffe,Daniel A. Arber,Elias Campo,Leticia Quintanilla-Fend,Attilio Orazi,Lisa M. Rimsza,Steven H. Swerdlow

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Hematopathology - E-Book

By: Elaine Sarkin Jaffe,Daniel A. Arber,Elias Campo,Leticia Quintanilla-Fend,Attilio Orazi,Lisa M. Rimsza,Steven H. Swerdlow

Covering the broad range of benign and malignant disorders that affect the hematopoietic system, Hematopathology, 3rd Edition, remains your #1 source of authoritative information in this fast-changing field. Edited by Dr. Elaine Jaffe and a team of globally renowned, expert co-editors, it offers a wealth of up-to-date information in an easily accessible format, equipping you to deliver more accurate and actionable pathology reports. Comprehensive in scope, this highly illustrated, practical text is a must-have resource for residents and practicing pathologists alike. - Helps you navigate the latest changes in the classification of hematolymphoid neoplasms, providing guidance for use of both the International Consensus Classification (ICC) and 5th edition of the WHO classification. - Incorporates the latest molecular/cytogenetic information, regarding newly recognized entities and the latest diagnostic criteria. - Provides you with today's most effective guidance in evaluating specimens from the lymph nodes, bone marrow, peripheral blood, and more, with authoritative information on the pathogenesis, clinical and pathologic diagnosis, and treatment for each. - Details the latest insights on the molecular biology of benign and malignant hematologic disorders. - Features more than 1,100 high-quality color images that mirror the findings you encounter in practice. - Uses an easy-to-navigate, templated format with standard headings in each chapter. - Includes information on disease progression and prognosis, helping you better understand the clinical implications of diagnosis. - Shares the knowledge and expertise of new editors, Drs. Lisa Rimsza, Attilio Orazi, and Steven Swerdlow, providing expertise in molecular diagnostics, bone marrow and lymph node biopsies.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323831664

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9780323831666

Primate Behavior

An Exercise Workbook, Third Edition

By: Julie A. Teichroeb,Lisa C. Corewyn,James D. Paterson

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Primate Behavior

An Exercise Workbook, Third Edition

By: Julie A. Teichroeb,Lisa C. Corewyn,James D. Paterson

Primate Behavior is an introductory workbook that serves as a detailed guide for conducting scientific behavioral studies. A thoughtful overview of the concepts, skills, and techniques researchers use is followed by 21 classroom-tested exercises. Varied examples encourage readers to apply their newfound knowledge to determine and implement appropriate strategies. Online materials include relevant forms for recording and presenting research data as well as training video samples. Thoroughly updated, the Third Edition introduces the latest technology for data collection, software options when storing, compiling, and analyzing data, and ethical responsibilities in the field. New authors Julie Teichroeb and Lisa Corewyn build on James Paterson’s foundational work to rigorously, responsibly, and enthusiastically prepare students for today’s landscape with an emphasis on accuracy, precision, and effective communication of results.

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Waveland Press

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1478647140

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Mrs. Webster's Dictionary

By: Lisa Cofield,Maia Lacher,Debbie Dingerson,Lea Rush

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Mrs. Webster's Dictionary

By: Lisa Cofield,Maia Lacher,Debbie Dingerson,Lea Rush

Mrs. Webster has broken her silence and updated her husband's dictionary. This best-seller now gives women the final word.

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Great Quotations

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1562450905

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9781562450908

Introduction to Programming and Problem-Solving Using Scala

By: Mark C. Lewis,Lisa Lacher

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Introduction to Programming and Problem-Solving Using Scala

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Object-Orientation, Abstraction, and Data Structures Using Scala

By: Mark C. Lewis,Lisa Lacher

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Object-Orientation, Abstraction, and Data Structures Using Scala

By: Mark C. Lewis,Lisa Lacher

Praise for the first edition: "The well-written, comprehensive book...[is] aiming to become a de facto reference for the language and its features and capabilities. The pace is appropriate for beginners; programming concepts are introduced progressively through a range of examples and then used as tools for building applications in various domains, including sophisticated data structures and algorithms...Highly recommended. Students of all levels, faculty, and professionals/practitioners. —D. Papamichail, University of Miami in CHOICE Magazine Mark Lewis’ Introduction to the Art of Programming Using Scala was the first textbook to use Scala for introductory CS courses. Fully revised and expanded, the new edition of this popular text has been divided into two books. Object-Orientation, Abstraction, and Data Structures Using Scala, Second Edition is intended to be used as a textbook for a second or third semester course in Computer Science. The Scala programming language provides powerful constructs for expressing both object orientation and abstraction. This book provides students with these tools of object orientation to help them structure solutions to larger, more complex problems, and to expand on their knowledge of abstraction so that they can make their code more powerful and flexible. The book also illustrates key concepts through the creation of data structures, showing how data structures can be written, and the strengths and weaknesses of each one. Libraries that provide the functionality needed to do real programming are also explored in the text, including GUIs, multithreading, and networking. The book is filled with end-of-chapter projects and exercises, and the authors have also posted a number of different supplements on the book website. Video lectures for each chapter in the book are also available on YouTube. The videos show construction of code from the ground up and this type of "live coding" is invaluable for learning to program, as it allows students into the mind of a more experienced programmer, where they can see the thought processes associated with the development of the code. About the Authors Mark Lewis is an Associate Professor at Trinity University. He teaches a number of different courses, spanning from first semester introductory courses to advanced seminars. His research interests included simulations and modeling, programming languages, and numerical modeling of rings around planets with nearby moons. Lisa Lacher is an Assistant Professor at the University of Houston, Clear Lake with over 25 years of professional software development experience. She teaches a number of different courses spanning from first semester introductory courses to graduate level courses. Her research interests include Computer Science Education, Agile Software Development, Human Computer Interaction and Usability Engineering, as well as Measurement and Empirical Software Engineering.

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1498732178

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Object-Orientation, Abstraction, and Data Structures Using Scala, Second Edition

By: Mark C. Lewis,Lisa L. Lacher

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Object-Orientation, Abstraction, and Data Structures Using Scala, Second Edition

By: Mark C. Lewis,Lisa L. Lacher

Praise for the first edition: "The well-written, comprehensive book...[is] aiming to become a de facto reference for the language and its features and capabilities. The pace is appropriate for beginners; programming concepts are introduced progressively through a range of examples and then used as tools for building applications in various domains, including sophisticated data structures and algorithms...Highly recommended. Students of all levels, faculty, and professionals/practitioners.? —D. Papamichail, University of Miami in CHOICE Magazine ? Mark Lewis’ Introduction to the Art of Programming Using Scala?was the first textbook to use Scala for introductory CS courses. Fully revised and expanded, the new edition of this popular text has been divided into two books. Object-Orientation, Abstraction, and Data Structures Using Scala, Second Edition is intended to be used as a textbook for a second or third semester course in Computer Science. The Scala programming language provides powerful constructs for expressing both object orientation and abstraction. This book provides students with these tools of object orientation to help them structure solutions to larger, more complex problems, and to expand on their knowledge of abstraction so that they can make their code more powerful and flexible. The book also illustrates key concepts through the creation of data structures, showing how data structures can be written, and the strengths and weaknesses of each one. Libraries that provide the functionality needed to do real programming are also explored in the text, including GUIs, multithreading, and networking. The book is filled with end-of-chapter projects and exercises, and the authors have also posted a number of different supplements on the book website. Video lectures for each chapter in the book are also available on YouTube. The videos show construction of code from the ground up and this type of "live coding" is invaluable for learning to program, as it allows students into the mind of a more experienced programmer, where they can see the thought processes associated with the development of the code. About the Authors Mark Lewis is an Associate Professor at Trinity University. He teaches a number of different courses, spanning from first semester introductory courses to advanced seminars. His research interests included simulations and modeling, programming languages, and numerical modeling of rings around planets with nearby moons.? Lisa Lacher is an Assistant Professor at the University of Houston, Clear Lake with over 25 years of professional software development experience. She teaches a number of different courses spanning from first semester introductory courses to graduate level courses. Her research interests include Computer Science Education, Agile Software Development, Human Computer Interaction and Usability Engineering, as well as Measurement and Empirical Software Engineering.

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