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Title: A Great Book for Learning Programming from Scratch
Review: First of all, every sample program in this book ran perfectly for me except for one (at the bottom of p. 264), and the JavaScript programs at the very end (for some reason, JavaScript did not work on the system I was using). Everything else - hundreds of examples - worked great, and required no reference to any outside source. The quality of the 'Dummies' books is variable, but this one is a winner. It is very well organized, and answered a lot of questions I have had about general programming for years, clearly and concisely. Wang is not only a talented programmer. He is a talented programmer who can communicate effectively to a general (but serious) audience, in English. The sample code is very clear and illustrates the topics under discussion beautifully. This is a great book for learning about programming in general, from scratch.
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