Book Description \"An entire book of good stories. . . . [Leung] gains trust the old-fashioned way-through confidence, craftsmanship and compassion. There are no shortcuts here, no tricks or gimmicks, no glib patinas to conceal weak underpinnings. . . ....

Progressing from the concrete to the abstract ? and using numerous, substantial case studies and sample programs ? this book explores structured problem solving, data abstraction, software engineering principles, and the comparative analysis ofalgorithms as fundamental tools of program design....