Fundamentals for Self-Taught Programmers: Embark on your software engineering journey without exhaustive courses and bulky tutorials

An absolute beginner's guide to strengthening the fundamentals before learning your first programming language

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Key Features

• Explore fundamental computer science concepts from data structures through to object-oriented programming
• Progress from understanding the software engineering landscape to writing your first program
• Authored by a Microsoft community insider and filled with case studies from software engineering roles

Book Description

Software engineering is a set of techniques, including programming, within the computer science discipline associated with the development of software products. This practical guide to software engineering will enable aspiring and new developers to satisfy their curiosity about the industry and become ready to learn more about the basics before beginning to explore programming languages, along with helping junior and upcoming developers to effectively apply their knowledge in the field.

The book begins by providing you with a comprehensive introduction to software engineering, helping you gain a clear, holistic understanding of its various sub-fields. As you advance, you'll get to grips with the fundamentals of software engineering, such as flow control, data structures and algorithms. The book also introduces you to C# and guides you in writing your first program. The concluding chapters will cover case studies, including people working in the industry in different engineering roles, as well as interview tips and tricks and coding best practices.

By the end of this programming book, you'll have gained practical knowledge of the implementation and associated methodologies in programming that will have you up and running and productive in no time.

What you will learn

• Gain an understanding of the software engineering landscape
• Get up and running with fundamental programming concepts in C#
• Implement object-oriented programming (OOP) in C#
• Gain insights on how to keep the code readable and reusable
• Discover various tips and tricks to efficiently prepare for a software engineering interview
• Implement various popular algorithms using C#

Who this book is for

This book is for anyone who is curious about programming and interested in entering the field of software engineering by beginning at the fundamentals. No prior knowledge of computer science or software engineering is necessary.

一本針對初學者的指南，旨在在學習第一個程式語言之前加強基礎知識。

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主要特點：

- 從資料結構到物件導向程式設計，探索基礎的計算機科學概念。
- 從了解軟體工程領域到撰寫第一個程式，逐步進展。
- 由微軟社群內部人士撰寫，並包含軟體工程角色的案例研究。

書籍描述：

軟體工程是一套技術，包括程式設計，屬於與軟體產品開發相關的計算機科學學科。這本實用的軟體工程指南將幫助有志於此領域的新手開發人員滿足他們對該行業的好奇心，並在開始探索程式語言之前，為他們提供學習基礎知識的準備。同時，也幫助初級和新進開發人員在實際應用中有效運用他們的知識。

本書首先全面介紹軟體工程，幫助您全面了解其各個子領域。隨著進一步學習，您將掌握軟體工程的基礎知識，如流程控制、資料結構和演算法。本書還介紹了C#，並指導您撰寫第一個程式。最後幾章將涵蓋案例研究，包括在不同工程角色中工作的人，以及面試技巧、編碼最佳實踐等。

通過閱讀本書，您將獲得在程式設計中實施和相關方法論的實際知識，並能夠快速上手並提高工作效率。

學到什麼：

- 了解軟體工程領域。
- 在C#中掌握基礎程式設計概念。
- 在C#中實現物件導向程式設計（OOP）。
- 瞭解如何保持代碼的可讀性和可重用性。
- 發現各種有效準備軟體工程面試的技巧和訣竅。
- 使用C#實現各種常用演算法。

適合對程式設計感到好奇並有興趣進入軟體工程領域的人閱讀，無需具備計算機科學或軟體工程的先備知識。

1. Defining Software Engineering
2. The Software Engineering Life Cycle
3. Roles in Software Engineering
4. Programming Languages and Introduction to C#
5. Writing Your First C# Program
6. Data Types in C#
7. Flow Control in C#
8. Introduction to Data Structures, Algorithms, and Pseudocode
9. Applying Algorithms in C#
10. Object-Oriented Programming
11. Stories from Prominent Job Roles in Software Development
12. Coding Best Practices
13. Tips and Tricks to Kickstart Your Software Engineering Career

1. 軟體工程的定義
2. 軟體工程生命週期
3. 軟體工程中的角色
4. 程式語言和C#介紹
5. 撰寫你的第一個C#程式
6. C#中的資料型別
7. C#中的流程控制
8. 資料結構、演算法和偽代碼介紹
9. 在C#中應用演算法
10. 物件導向程式設計
11. 軟體開發中的重要工作角色故事
12. 程式碼最佳實踐
13. 啟動你的軟體工程職業生涯的技巧和訣竅