The Jerk's Guide to Becoming a Programmer: What you need to know about developing software - not about computer languages.

By Marc Albrecht

People expect you to "write a script". You have never "written a script", you have no idea how to "program" software, and using a command shell scares the hell out of you?Fear not. This book is for you.You are sitting in front of a monitor all day, creatively producing helpful things - and for no reason other than you accidentally sitting there, you are now the "in-house developer" and have two weeks to learn how to program tools?Fear not. This book is for you.You want to write the next Uber-Killer-Massive-Online-Game - but so far, your preparation is the hero's face scribbled on a piece of paper and a cool idea for the soundtrack? You have never touched a compiler before, don't know how to debug, or what debugging is in the first place? But you WANT to get started NOW?Fear not. This book is for you.This book will help you gain the skills to think and work like a "programmer" - someone who developers computer software. You do not need to know any computer language to get started. You will not learn any specific computer language in this book, but how to DEVELOP software and minimize the actual writing-labor to an absolute minimum (it is only then that you need to use a computer language anyway).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1983239305
• ISBN13: 9781983239304
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.7" x 5.3"