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Student Companion Website to Accompany Computer Science Illuminated, Fourth Edition

Author(s): Nell Dale, PhD, University of Texas, Austin
John Lewis, PhD, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763789770
  • Companion Website     pages      © 2011
    Access Code Subscription Length: 365 Days
Price: International Sales $42.95 US List
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Overview

The Computer Science Illuminated, Fourth Edition companion website has been established with a wealth of additional information, both for the students and for the instructors. Additional biographies, more information about some of the callouts, and updates that relate to ethical issues are available on this website. In addition, there are eLearning tools for the students that include a variety of exercises, including crossword puzzles based on key terms and concepts, animated flashcards that can be used to quickly review all of the important terms in each chapter, and Live Wire which provides links to online resources directly related to the computer science concepts covered in Computer Science Illuminated.

For additional reference we've also included PDF's of all of Jones and Bartlett Publisher's programming language chapters, including JavaScript, Alice, Perl, Python, and more. R. Mark Meyer's labs, Explorations in Computer Science, are also included on the website, as well as Nell Dale's C++ Language Essentials and Java Essentials.

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Nell Dale, PhD-University of Texas, Austin


Nell Dale received a B.S. in Mathematics and Psychology from the University of Houston, a M.A. in Mathematics, from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Ph.D. in Computer Sciences from the University of Texas at Austin. Nell Dale has been on the faculty at the University of Texas, Austin since 1975. She teaches occasionally but concentrates on computer science education, writing, traveling, tennis, and bridge -- and her family of course.

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John Lewis, PhD-Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia

John Lewis is a leading educator and author in the field of computer science. He has written a market-leading textbook on Java software and program design. After earning his undergraduate degree, M.S., and Ph.D. in computer science at Virginia Tech, John joined the faculty of the Department of Computing Sciences at Villanova University. He has received numerous teaching awards, including the University Award for Teaching Excellence and the Goff Award for Outstanding Teaching. His professional interests include object-oriented technologies, multimedia, and software engineering. In addition to his teaching and writing, John actively participates in the Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), and finds time to spend with his family or in his workshop.

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ShowAppropriate Courses

Ideal for the undergraduate first course in Computer Science. Typical course titles are:

  • Introduction to Computer Science
  • CS0
  • Computer Science Fundamentals
  • Introduction to Computing
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