What are the most important classes for high school students to succeed in software engineering?

What are the most important classes for high school students to succeed in software engineering? That is the question that I try to answer in an essay of same name.

Also, this is the first essay I have written using NJEdit, which is the editing software that I built (and have since open sourced) in order to write Closure: The Definitive Guide. It helps me focus more on content while worrying less about formatting, though it still has a ways to go before becoming my "one click" publishing solution.

A unique feature of NJEdit is that when I produce the HTML to publish my essay, I also produce the DocBook XML version as a by-product! It's not a big selling point today, but if I ever want to publish anything to print again, I'll be ready! For open-source projects that are slowly creating HTML documentation that they hope to publish as a print book one day, NJEdit might be the solution.

And if it is, maybe someone will help me fix its bugs...

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