About our author

Tony Gaddis is the principal author of the Starting Out With series of textbooks. He has 20 years of experience teaching computer science courses, primarily at Haywood Community College. Tony is a highly acclaimed instructor who was previously selected as the North Carolina Community College "Teacher of the Year" and has received the Teaching Excellence award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development. The Starting Out With series includes introductory textbooks covering programming logic and design, C++, Java(TM), Microsoft® Visual Basic®, Microsoft® Visual C#, Python, Alice and App Inventor, all published by Pearson.