If you know basic high-school math, you can quickly learn and apply the core concepts of computer science with this concise, hands-on book. Led by a team of experts, you ll quickly understand the difference between computer science and computer programming, and you ll learn how algorithms help you solve computing problems.

Each chapter builds on material introduced earlier in the book, so you can master one core building block before moving on to the next. You ll explore fundamental topics such as loops, arrays, objects, and classes, using the easy-to-learn Ruby programming language....