Just Enough Programming Logic and Design is a guide to developing structured program logic for the beginning programmer. Th is book contains only seven chapters and two appendices—just enough to get the student comfortable with programming logic before tackling the syntax of a programming language. Th is book is intended to provide a complete, sound, yet compact, start in logic—just enough for a short logic course, just enough as an accompaniment to a programming language book, or just enough as a supplement to a computer literacy course.

Th is textbook assumes no programming language experience. Th e writing is nontechnical and emphasizes good programming practices. Th e examples are business examples; they do not assume mathematical background beyond high school business math. All the examples illustrate one or two major points; they do not contain so many features that students become lost following irrelevant and extraneous details. Advanced logical concepts such as fi le handling, multidimensional arrays, and overloading methods are not covered. Th is book provides just enough material for a solid background in logic, no matter what programming languages students eventually use to write programs.