Your Mind: A Programming Environment

Why don&s;t you eat your book? That would be one way to absorb information. Seriously, problem-solving skills along with understanding of facts in context (knowledge) come with working out problems in various contexts. Otherwise, we can thoughtlessly possess knowledge not much differently than possessing a reference source. This is a trend these days, as solutions to simple programming tasks are easily available on the Internet. The student need not be so introspective about what they actually know when information is so easily and freely available. However, when tasks become more challenging, only those experienced in problem solving will be able to handle the situations. This chapter is meant to prepare the student for the subject matter by introducing fundamental concepts in problem solving and coding.