Correlated to the ACM/IEEE curriculum guideline, Developing and Programming Algorithms provides a thorough treatment of fundamental algorithmic concepts with balanced coverage between theory and implementation.  It advocates an approach that emphasizes programming algorithms and then utilizes these algorithms through applications.  Unique chapters within the text stress the importance of early programming concepts and a final chapter, Programming Excursions, provides complete applications demonstrating useful data structures, algorithms, and programming techniques.  Appropriate for a wide range of readers, Developing and Programming Algorithms is a must-have text for students eager to tackle this essential branch of computer science.