Human-Centered Programming Languages
This book is designed as a flexible textbook for teaching about programming languages through the different kinds of people that study them, and through an interdisciplinary approach. Its largest audience is upper-level undergraduates in computing majors, but is intended to have something for everyone from newcomers to experts
Chapters
Chapter 1 Introduction
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Chapter 2 What is a Language?
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Chapter 3 Programming in Rust
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Chapter 4 Regular Expressions
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Chapter 5 Context-Free Grammars
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Chapter 6 Parsing Expression Grammars
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Chapter 7 Abstract Syntax Trees and Interpreters
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Chapter 8 Operational Semantics
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Chapter 9 Types
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Chapter 10 Users and Designers
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Chapter 11 Quantitative Methods & Surveys
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Chapter 12 Qualitative Studies
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Chapter 13 Gender
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Chapter 14 Disability
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Chapter 15 Media Programming
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Chapter 16 Play
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Chapter 17 Natural Language
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Chapter 18 Diagramming
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Chapter 19 Process Calculus
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Chapter 20 Cost Semantics
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More Instructor Materials
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ReferencesEverything cited | ||
IndexCommon words and where they are | ||
SearchFind where words occur | ||
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Citation
Rose Bohrer (2024). Human-Centered Programming Languages. …, retrieved 5/3/2024.
Editions
1st 7/13/2023 read
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