The purpose of this book is to introduce readers to a systems approach to design and to develop in them the correct programming skills, which involve step-by-step planning and understanding of work tasks at each stage of program creation.

The focus of the book is general design principles programs, so it is not a standard industry language that is used, but a specialized training language called Racket, as well as the DrRacket programming environment, which provides an engaging learning experience. The capabilities of the environment grow as the reader masters the material, up to the support of a full-fledged language suitable for solving the entire range of programming problems.

The publication is addressed to a wide range of readers who want to learn how to think algorithmically and create for real valuable programs.