Starting Out with Programming Logic and Design

This was required material for my Programming Logic class. This book is 98% identical to the 3rd edition. The review questions, debugging exercises and programming exercises are all the same! There were a few words or sentences added to the chapter content, but it is essentially unchanged.The content of the textbook itself is pretty solid and helpful for gaining an understanding of how to design an algorithm. I plan to keep a copy for personal reference. The pseudocode structure takes a bit of time to get used to, and will likely be the cornerstone of your curriculum. My class had the opportunity to translate our pseudocode into Python, which proved to be quite challenging.

It helped. A glossary would have been extremely helpful. Unfortunately this book doesn't have one. I also noticed after buying the book that the videos that come with the book are only valid for one year. The videos w the book should be unlimited.

Very helpful for my son

Great book for learning pseudocode and what comes with it. My teacher pulled material directly from the text. Easy to follow, easy to read, and gave me an interest in furthering my education in programming.

Needed it for class, would recommend getting something else if you don't need this specific book.

Great book for my beginner Python class

Used in an Introductory programming class... Excellent at making complicated ideas easily graspable.

Easy read for a someone just starting out. Buy used if you can.

Very good book

great