Computing for Dummies

People say that you should pursuit your life ambition and I have taken this into account as I am only 13 Ii have plenty of time to think in what I choose to do in the future. I eventually decided that I would like to be a C++ programmer and there's no better time to start learning than as a child so I went and bought this book……C++ for dummies by Stephen Randy Davis. -*-*- What is C++?? -*-*- Computers are stupid things they only do specific instructions in their own language (C#) it took us humans a long time to master that and so very clever people came up with the idea that they add a bit of human language into the computer language so they are ...  Read the complete review

I currently own two books from the ‘for dummies’ series: windows 95 for dummies which I bought years ago when I got my first computer and Unix for dummies which I bought in the summer last year as I’d developed an interest in the Unix/Linux variants of computer operating systems. Both books were quite cheep compared to alot of others which was my main reason for buying aswell as them seeming to be quite popular. When I started reading the Windows 95 book, my first impressions were that the book was indeed intended for dummies. Every thing is explained in simple, easy to understand language and this is great for any one who has never used a ...  Read the complete review

“This book feels your pain and prescribes a chuckle” When I started out in computers, all right they weren’t still using punch cards, but I had to build up a working knowledge of what was a rather complex subject. For example, learning the MS DOS language was something I never mastered, and it wasn’t that I was particularly dumb, rather just that I was not used to the idea of programming. Windows, in a nutshell, was a godsend…and because I had a working knowledge by then of computer architecture, I was able to easily understand the new interface. But to those poor people who have only just started out on the highway to hell that is ...  Read the complete review

These books are absolutely wonderful for novice and experienced users alike. They are found in just about every bookshop with their distinguishable black and yellow covers and they cover every aspect of computing from Windows to upgrading and repairing PC's. I do not consider myself a novice when it comes to computers but when I recently decided to upgrade my old PC I ran into some problems and immediately went out and bought "Upgrading & Fixing PC's for Dummies". This solved my problems and more besides. The books really are written for dummies, even the most stupid of people couldn't help but understand the well written, jargon free instructions ...  Read the complete review

The IDG Books "for dummies" franchises have proved extremely popular and I am sure will continue to be so as more and more of the population start to own and use PC's, either at home or for business. The series covers a range of subject areas from common software applications to programming languages, and are intended to be written in a 'plain English' style which avoids the over use of technical jargon. There are applications available which will write HTML code for you - Microsoft Frontpage is perhaps the best known. While this type of application has surely helped thousands of would-be web designers bring life to their first web page ...  Read the complete review