Invitation to Computer Science

Discover a contemporary overview of today's computer science with the best-selling INVITATION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE, 7E. Using a flexible, non-language-specific model, INVITATION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE provides a solid foundation with an algorithm-driven approach that's perfect for your first course in Computer Science. Expanded chapter exercises and practice problems, feature boxes and the latest material on emerging topics, such as privacy, drones, cloud computing, and net neutrality, address today's most current computing issues. Online language modules for C++, Java, Python, C#, and Ada, give you the option of learning a programming language that corresponds with concepts from the text. INVITATION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE's optional online CourseMate provides study tools, such as flashcards, quizzing, and games, and an new Digital Lab Manual containing 20 laboratory projects that map directly to the main book. Effective visual and hands-on activities allow you to both master and experience the fundamentals of today's computer science.