An Experiential Introduction to Principles of Programming Languages

By Hridesh Rajan | Publisher: MIT Press

About the book

A textbook that uses a hands-on approach to teach principles of programming languages, with Java as the implementation language.

This introductory textbook uses a hands-on approach to teach the principles of programming languages. Using Java as the implementation language, Rajan covers a range of emerging topics, including concurrency, Big Data, and event-driven programming. Students will learn to design, implement, analyze, and understand both domain-specific and general-purpose programming languages.
 

  • Develops basic concepts in languages, including means of computation, means of combination, and means of abstraction.
  • Examines imperative features such as references, concurrency features such as fork, and reactive features such as event handling.
  • Covers language features that express differing perspectives of thinking about computation, including those of logic programming and flow-based programming.
  • Presumes Java programming experience and understanding of object-oriented classes, inheritance, polymorphism, and static classes.
  • Each chapter corresponds with a working implementation of a small programming language allowing students to follow along.
  • Editions of An Experiential Introduction to Principles of Programming Languages

    Hardcover
    ISBN 9780262045452
    EBook
    ISBN 9780262362436
    EBook
    ISBN 9780262369992

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    A textbook that uses a hands-on approach to teach principles of programming languages, with Java as the implementation language.

    This introductory textbook uses a hands-on approach to teach the principles of programming languages. Using Java as the implementation language, Rajan covers a range of emerging topics, including concurrency, Big Data, and event-driven programming. Students will learn to design, implement, analyze, and understand both domain-specific and general-purpose programming languages.
     

  • Develops basic concepts in languages, including means of computation, means of combination, and means of abstraction.
  • Examines imperative features such as references, concurrency features such as fork, and reactive features such as event handling.
  • Covers language features that express differing perspectives of thinking about computation, including those of logic programming and flow-based programming.
  • Presumes Java programming experience and understanding of object-oriented classes, inheritance, polymorphism, and static classes.
  • Each chapter corresponds with a working implementation of a small programming language allowing students to follow along.
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    What is An Experiential Introduction to Principles of Programming Languages about?

    A textbook that uses a hands-on approach to teach principles of programming languages, with Java as the implementation language.

    This introductory textbook uses a hands-on approach to teach the principles of programming languages. Using Java as the implementation language, Rajan covers a range of emerging topics, including concurrency, Big Data, and event-driven programming. Students will learn to design, implement, analyze, and understand both domain-specific and general-purpose programming languages.
     

  • Develops basic concepts in languages, including means of computation, means of combination, and means of abstraction.
  • Examines imperative features such as references, concurrency features such as fork, and reactive features such as event handling.
  • Covers language features that express differing perspectives of thinking about computation, including those of logic programming and flow-based programming.
  • Presumes Java programming experience and understanding of object-oriented classes, inheritance, polymorphism, and static classes.
  • Each chapter corresponds with a working implementation of a small programming language allowing students to follow along.
  • What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in An Experiential Introduction to Principles of Programming Languages?

    Computing and Information Technology > Computer programming / software engineering > Programming and scripting languages: general

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    Who is/are the Author/s of the book An Experiential Introduction to Principles of Programming Languages?

    Hridesh Rajan

    Who is the Publisher of the book An Experiential Introduction to Principles of Programming Languages?

    MIT Press

    What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

    An Experiential Introduction to Principles of Programming Languages is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780262045452) and ebook(ISBN 9780262362436) and ebook(ISBN 9780262369992)

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