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Author:

Coleman, Miriam.

Title:

Designing computer programs : software engineers / Miriam Coleman.

Publisher:

PowerKids Press

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

32 pgs. : col. images ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Vocational guidance.
Software engineering--Vocational guidance--Juvenile literature.
Software engineering--Vocational guidance.
Computer programmers--Juvenile literature.
Computer programmers.

Notes:

Includes index. Book donated in memory of Don Young, 1928-2014.

Contents:

Software behind the scenes -- What is software? -- From laboratories to desktops -- Talking in code -- What makes it engineering? -- Step by step -- Software takes us to the moon -- The making of Microsoft -- Inventing the world wide web -- Searching for success -- Becoming a software engineer -- Software engineering careers -- The future of software engineering -- Software engineering history.

Summary:

Describes how software engineers design and maintain computer programs, details the education and training required to become a software engineer, and explains how they have aided in such technological advances as the Internet and space travel.

Series:

Engineers rule

ISBN:

1508145466 (library bound) : :
9781508145462 (library bound) : :
1508145458 (6 pack)
9781508145455 (6 pack)
150814544X (pbk.)
9781508145448 (pbk.)

LCCN:

2015029374

Locations:

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)