An Experiential Introduction to Principles of Programming Languages : For Java Programmers (2022) ePUB This introductory textbook uses a hands-on approach to teach the principles of programming languages. Using Java as the implementation language, Rajan covers a range of emerging topics, including concurrency, Big Data, and event-driven programming. Students will learn to design, implement, analyze, and understand both domain-specific and general-purpose programming languages. • Develops basic concepts in languages, including means of computation, means of combination, and means of abstraction. • Examines imperative features such as references, concurrency features such as fork, and reactive features such as event handling. • Covers language features that express differing perspectives of thinking about computation, including those of logic programming and flow-based programming.