Beginner's Guide to Code Algorithms: Experiments to Enhance Productivity and Solve Problems

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Author Biography
Introduction
1 What Is an Algorithm?
2 Build Your Own Game With a Simple Algorithm: Tic Tac Toe
	2.1 How to Get Started
	2.2 How to Get Warmed Up
	2.3 How to Build the Screen (UI, User Interface)
	2.4 Building a “Game” From a “Widget”
	2.5 Understanding the Need for an Algorithm
	2.6 How to Test Drive Your New Creation
	2.7 Conclusion
3 Explore Your Deductive Logic: Solve a Sudoku Forever
	3.1 The Basic Code for Solving a Sudoku
	3.2 Iterative Build of CantBeList
	3.3 Algorithms That a Computer Can Solve Better Than Humans
	3.4 3 By 3 Grid Interaction
	3.5 Love-Locked Pair
	3.6 The Golden Triangle
	3.7 The Polyomino
	3.8 Matching Twins
	3.9 Conclusion
4 Introduction to Multiplatform Integration: Build Your Own Remote Control
	4.1 Connecting the Smartphone to the Laptop – Virtually
	4.2 Settings in Powerpoint
	4.3 Standard Functions
	4.4 Reading the Googledocs Input
	4.5 Taking Over Keyboard Controls
	4.6 Conclusion
5 The Organizer: Build Your Own Virtual Filing Cabinet
	5.1 The Algorithm
	5.2 Invoking the Code
	5.3 Conclusion
6 Merging Sheets: Combine Multiple Workbooks of the Same Format Into One Workbook Automatically
	6.1 Algorithm for Merging Sheets
	6.2 User Interface
	6.3 Error Correction
	6.4 Heavy Lifting
	6.5 The Pickfile Subroutine
	6.6 Conclusion
7 Introduction to Graphs: Create Your Own Interface Diagram Instantly
	7.1 The Algorithm
	7.2 Conclusion
8 Shaping Up: Analyze a Picture and Document Its Components in Text
	8.1 The Algorithm
	8.2 List of Shapes
	8.3 Conclusion
9 Real-Time Currency Conversion: An Introduction to Simple Web Scraping Techniques
	9.1 Algorithm
	9.2 Understanding the HTML
	9.3 Output Field
	9.4 The Algorithm
	9.5 Conclusion
10 The Genius of Collaboration: Build a Burglar Alarm Using a Free Webcam Application
	10.1 Ideas
	10.2 Burglar Alarm
	10.3 Counting People
	10.4 Remote Photo
	10.5 Time Based Greeting
	10.6 Conclusion
11 Advanced Graphics: Complex Visualizations and More
	11.1 Features of the Graph
	11.2 The Data
	11.3 The User Interface
	11.4 The Bar Chart
	11.5 The Map Chart
	11.6 The Algorithm for the Chart
	11.7 Building the Map
	11.8 Conclusion
The Final Word
Figures
Bibliography
A Little Bit of Computer Science
Index