This is an introductory text book that teaches Python programming. It is intended mainly for GCSE and IGCSE Computer Science students. It is a very practical book and assumes that the student knows little. The book starts by looking at the Python programming environment, then entering commands at the command prompt. Later on short programs,followed by longer programs. By the time the last chapter has been reached longer programs suitable for coursework are discussed. If used as a text book to learn programming, it is suggested that one lesson (chapter) from the book is studied each week. That way a student can learn Python in 4 months.

This is an introductory course book that teaches Java programming. The book has many completed programs, screen shots of output and explanations about the programs. There is also a good collection of exercises to try out. It is intended for students who possibly have not programmed before and wish to go to university and study Computer Science or a related course.

This is an introductory course book. It teaches people how to use the Internet and to be able to create web pages using HTML. It is intended for students studying computing on an Access to Higher Education programme, though it could be used to benefit many other students as well. The book takes very little for granted, and has numerous examples with brief explanatory notes. There are also example assignments and solutions.

This is an introductory course book that teaches C++ programming. The book concentrates on the procedural paradigm. It is intended for students who possibly have not programmed before and wish to go to university and study Computer Science or a related course. The book uses open source software - the Quincy 2005 IDE with the GNU MinGW compiler.

This book was originally published in China in 1995. This is the first English edition. This book is a complete text book on QBASIC programming. It assumes that the reader knows very little and builds up to quite an advanced level. It contains some obsolete material, such as MS-DOS. This was intentional, as it is intended to match the original Chinese edition. QBASIC still continues to be used. Nowadays if people want QBASIC to run on their computer, they need to download QB64. The latest version of this was released on 21st August 2009. QBASIC, or QB64 as it is now called, is a very good choice for a first programming language, as you can achieve a lot with very little effort.