C Program Design for Engineers (2nd Edition) [Paperback]

Jeri R. Hanly (Author), Elliot B. Koffman (Author)

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Publication Date: December 7, 2000 | ISBN-10: 020170871X | ISBN-13: 978-0201708714 | Edition: 2

This book presents introductory programming and software development concepts to engineers using a disciplined approach. It provides numerous case studies and programming projects based on real-world examples from a wide range of engineering areas, making the material relevant to what engineers will encounter in their careers; the authors introduce implementations of basic numerical and statistical methods commonly used by engineers. Another feature is the addition of a chapter entitled "On to C++" that prepares readers for a transition to object-oriented programming. The book focuses on many aspects of software engineering, establishing early the connection between good problem-solving skills and effective software development. A five-phase software development method is presented in Chapter 1 and applied in every subsequent case study throughout. The book presents material in an order that meets the needs of a beginning programmer, rather than by the structure of the C programming language. This approach makes it possible to present fundamental concepts using traditional high-level terminology--output parameter, array, array subscript, string--and makes it easier for readers without a prior assembly-language background to master the many facets of pointer usage. This book is designed to introduce C programming to engineers in a way that is relevant to their engineering practice.

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This book presents introductory programming and software development concepts to engineers using a disciplined approach. It provides numerous case studies and programming projects based on real-world examples from a wide range of engineering areas, making the material relevant to what engineers will encounter in their careers; the authors introduce implementations of basic numerical and statistical methods commonly used by engineers. Another feature is the addition of a chapter entitled "On to C++" that prepares readers for a transition to object-oriented programming. The book focuses on many aspects of software engineering, establishing early the connection between good problem-solving skills and effective software development. A five-phase software development method is presented in Chapter 1 and applied in every subsequent case study throughout. The book presents material in an order that meets the needs of a beginning programmer, rather than by the structure of the C programming language. This approach makes it possible to present fundamental concepts using traditional high-level terminology--output parameter, array, array subscript, string--and makes it easier for readers without a prior assembly-language background to master the many facets of pointer usage. This book is designed to introduce C programming to engineers in a way that is relevant to their engineering practice.

About the Author

Jeri R. Hanly is a member of the computer science faculty at the University of Wyoming. She has developed software for target recognition in collaboration with naval researchers in China Lake, California and has taught software engineering seminars for professional developers of computing systems in the U.S. and Canada. Elliot Koffman is a professor of computer and information science at Temple University. He is one of the country's foremost CS educators, a former chairman of the ACM Task Force for introductory programming methods courses, and author of a number of successful language texts in Modula-2, FORTRAN, in addition to his four editions of Pascal and Turbo Pascal.Joan C. Horvath received a B.S. in aeronautics and astronautics from M.I.T. and her M.S. in mechanical, aerospace, and nuclear engineering from U.C.L.A. She has held positions at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, in flight project operations, software development and scheduling. 0201590646AB04062001 --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 679 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley; 2 edition (December 7, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 020170871X
• ISBN-13: 978-0201708714
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #409,445 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not even helpful, September 8, 2010

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Auburn EE - See all my reviews

This review is from: C Program Design for Engineers (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

As a sophomore in electrical and computer engineering major at Auburn University, I can safely say that this is the worst book I have ever *attempted* to read as well as spent seventy dollars on. The book came with faded text, a poor introduction, and horrible examples that does not appeal to the beginning programmer. This book is now a coffee coaster in the living room of my apartment (as no one would buy it back). Do not waste your time with this book. Instead, try the Absolute Beginner's guide to C by Greg Perry or any other book if you want to learn C.
Not this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Who printed this thing?!?, November 23, 2009

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Travis C. Mallett - See all my reviews
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This review is from: C Program Design for Engineers (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

Although this book does cover the material okay, I was extremely disappointed in the printing and binding quality. For starters almost everything is blurry, except straight text. The programming examples are blurry and the whole book looks like it was scanned in. Even the front and back cover is blurry. The binding quality is terrible. My book fell apart after almost no use(like literally a couple hundred pages came out of the middle of the book in a block). Opening the book requires bending it slightly to keep it open, but as you do, you can see the binding material come apart with. I was careful with this book and rarely used it, but my dollars basically are down the drain in this book.

The content is okay, but there are better books that won't fall apart on you and can easily be read because they haven't been scanned from what looks like newspaper print.

If you have to buy this book for a class, you probably don't actually need it for that class. If you are a serious programmer and want to build your professional library, don't buy this book; get a better one. Reference someone else's book who bought it if you have to.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars C Program Design for Engineers, May 2, 2009

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C. Lloyd - See all my reviews
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This review is from: C Program Design for Engineers (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

Book trys to be good at explaining programming, but it's not exactly something you can explain in a book.