Gain a deeper understanding of software and learn to be a better programmer with this unique book of challenging code exercises.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide photographs and information about insects, mites, and spiders commonly found in Texas, discussing the appearance, biology and life cycle, habitat, feeding habits, economic importance, and natural and organic control of each bug.

Head outside and get the buzz on bugs! Packed with educational prompts and activities, this fourth book in the Backpack Explorer series encourages junior naturalists to spot insects while on a walk in the woods, playing in a park, or searching right outside their front door. Twelve interactive field guides help young seekers identify fliers, crawlers, and pollinators, while sensory scavenger hunts, projects such as Weave a Web or Make a Bug Hotel, and cool bug facts boost the insect intrigue. Equipped with a real magnifying glass, stickers, and a log for recording sightings, this book is the perfect companion for any nature adventure.

Spot beetles scurrying across desert dunes, butterflies flitting thorugh the jungle and caterpillars munching on cabbage leaves, then discover amazing facts about bugs and their habitats. This fascinating puzzle book is crawling with bugs to find, count and talk about. Also includes index, a world map, amazing facts and habitat spread. Illustrations:Full colour throughout

Grab your bucket and join the search for all the cool bugs outside! This fun rhyming story lists all the bugs you can imagine—creep bugs, climb bugs, sticky-slime bugs! Discover the vast world of insects in this photo-filled book.

What would you do if you thought you were being bugged? How would you defend yourself? How would you even know about it? If you've pondered these questions, and especially if you haven't, you need to read this book. It was written to tell you, the average Joe, everything there is to know about tiny hidden transmitters that can broadcast your personal and business conversations to spies, government agents . . . even the next-door neighbors. Find out how these devices work, how effective they are, how to find them and deal with them and how to use this technology in your own self-defense if necessary. Includes scores of ideas and resources for protecting the privacy of landline, cellular and cordless telephones, as well as pagers, fax machines and computers, plus phone phreaking terms and tricks and, as one reviewer put it, true tales of the Biz that "will spook you . . . and a few that will make you laugh."

Are all spider's webs the same? Where are a butterfly's eyes? Find out in Ask a Bug! Ask a Bug will take the reader from the intimate details of the creature's life - Are bugs born as eggs? What do they eat? How fast do they grow? - to the bigger picturen offering a chance to explore their wider habitat and their friends and enemies.

Introduces common backyard insects and explains the basic characteristics of these creatures.

Bug Patterns in Java presents a methodology for diagnosing and debugging computer programs. The act of debugging will be presented as an ideal application of the scientific method. Skill in this area is entirely independent of other programming skills, such as designing for extensibility and reuse. Nevertheless, it is seldom taught explicitly. Eric Allen lays out a theory of debugging, and how it relates to the rest of the development cycle. In particular, he stresses the critical role of unit testing in effective debugging. At the same time, he argues that testing and debugging, while often conflated, are properly considered to be distinct tasks. Upon laying this groundwork, Allen then discusses various "bug patterns" (recurring relationships between signaled errors and underlying bugs in a program) that occur frequently in computer programs. For each pattern, the book discusses how to identify them, how to treat them, and how to prevent them. Table of Contents Agile Methods in a Chaotic Environment Bugs, Specifications, and Implementations Debugging and the Development Process Debugging and the Testing Process The Scientific Method of Debugging About the Bug Patterns The Rogue Tile Null Pointers Everywhere! The Dangling Composite The Null Flag The Double Descent The Liar View Saboteur Data The Broken Dispatch The Impostor Type The Split Cleaner The Fictitious Implementation The Orphaned Thread The Run-On Initialization Platform-Dependent Patterns A Diagnostic Checklist Design Patterns for Debugging References

Scientifically sound and charmingly written, this guide to the bugs on your windshield is an unexpected delight. Includes weird and wonderful activities for kids of all ages.