{"product_id":"the-secret-life-of-programs-understand-computers-craft-better-code","title":"The Secret Life of Programs: Understand Computers -- Craft Better Code","description":"\u003cp\u003eA primer on the underlying technologies that allow computer programs to work. Covers topics like computer hardware  combinatorial logic  sequential logic  computer architecture  computer anatomy  and Input\/Output.  Many coders are unfamiliar with the underlying technologies that make their programs run. But why should you care when your code appears to work? Because you want it to run well and not be riddled with hard-to-find bugs. You dont want to be in the news because your code had a security problem.  Lots of technical detail is available online but its not organized or collected into a convenient place. In The Secret Life of Programs  veteran engineer Jonathan E. Steinhart explores--in depth--the foundational concepts that underlie the machine. Subjects like computer hardware  how software behaves on hardware  as well as how people have solved problems using technology over time.  Youll learn: How the real world is converted into a form that computers understand  like bits  logic  numbers  text  and colors The fundamental building blocks that make up a computer including logic gates  adders  decoders  registers  and memory Why designing programs to match computer hardware  especially memory  improves performance How programs are converted into machine language that computers understand How software building blocks are combined to create programs like web browsers Clever tricks for making programs more efficient  like loop invariance  strength reduction  and recursive subdivision The fundamentals of computer security and machine intelligence Project design  documentation  scheduling  portability  maintenance  and other practical programming realities. Learn what really happens when your code runs on the machine and youll learn to craft better  more efficient code.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985810845749,"sku":"ByrdShop_1593279701","price":56.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781593279707.jpg?v=1770872370","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-secret-life-of-programs-understand-computers-craft-better-code","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}