John Shore (1)

For the culinary dummies like me in the audience, Sachertorte is a chocolate cake; not just any chocolate cake, mind you, but one of the most famous of Viennese culinary specialties. The author uses an extended metaphor of following a recipe for baking a Sachertorte to explain how programmers follow algorithms for creating computer software.

This is basically a book on computer literacy. One of the author's main objectives in writing the book was to dispel the feelings of intimidation and anxiety that affect many new users. By and large, this book succeeds as a gentle introduction to computer hardware and software. The author introduces computer jargon a small serving at a time.… (altro)