Andrew Staugaard, Jr., College of the Ozarks

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2004
Format: Paper; 816 pp

ISBN-10:	0131018604
ISBN-13:	9780131018600

Our Price: £50.99
Status: Instock
Published: 27 Aug 2003

Written by a highly successful teacher and author, this text teaches students how to program in Java from the beginning. Exceptionally readable and student-oriented, it requires no previous programming knowledge and introduces object-oriented programming gently—while students are mastering basic programming concepts.

• NEW - Completely rewritten content—Conforms to current OO technology and the Java 1.4 SDK.

  • Introduces students to these concepts early on, and then expands upon them while building essential programming skills.

• NEW - Added content throughout—Features new chapters on object-oriented programming; graphical user interfaces; GUIs using Swing components; applets and graphics; and multidimensional arrays.

  • Provides students with a comprehensive presentation of both Java and object-oriented programming, with an emphasis on business applications.

• NEW - Improved “Problem Solving in Action” case studies—20 in total, many written especially around business applications.

  • Enables students to apply learned concepts to scenarios involving event-driven programming, e-commerce, inventory control, present value, payroll, professional baseball stats, and easy equation solution.

• NEW - “Think!” boxes throughout—Based on IBMs early motto.

  • Makes students think about a concept or coding issue that the author has identified as a problem area based on his extensive teaching experience.

• NEW - More Debugging Tips and Programming Notes boxes throughout.

  • Highlights key information related to the details of programming activities.

• NEW - Added appendices.

  • Gets students started with the integrated development environments called IDEs—in the Sun ONE Studio and JBuilder appendix.

  • Offers students a Systems Engineering tutorial with UML.

  • Supplies students with a GUI workshop using Swing components.

  • Presents information on database connectivity.

• Emphasis on problems solving throughout—Develops and presents case study examples in a problem-solving style, beginning with a clear problem definition, and preceding through problem decomposition, method and algorithm design, UML class diagrams, and Java coding.

  • Gives students a central theme that encourages them to think critically and apply what they have learned.

• “Program Development Life Cycle (PDLC)” step-by-step, proven process.

  • Helps students start out on the right programming tract by considering problem definition, solution planning via algorithms, UML class diagrams and good documentation.

• Coverage and comprehensive development of ADTs using Java classes to ensure encapsulation, and information hiding.

• Java syntax highlighted in color.

• A variety of problem material—Includes section-by-section quick-check exercises (with answers), chapter-end questions (over 250 total), and chapter-end programming problems (over 175 total).

  • Gives students ample opportunity to practice and review learned concepts.

• Boxes throughout for Caution Notes and Maintenance Tips.

  • Helps students learn to write more error-free, better running and maintainable programs.

• Completely rewritten content—Conforms to current OO technology and the Java 1.4 SDK.

  • Introduces students to these concepts early on, and then expands upon them while building essential programming skills.

• Added content throughout—Features new chapters on object-oriented programming; graphical user interfaces; GUIs using Swing components; applets and graphics; and multidimensional arrays.

  • Provides students with a comprehensive presentation of both Java and object-oriented programming, with an emphasis on business applications.

• Improved “Problem Solving in Action” case studies—20 in total, many written especially around business applications.

  • Enables students to apply learned concepts to scenarios involving event-driven programming, e-commerce, inventory control, present value, payroll, professional baseball stats, and easy equation solution.

• “Think!” boxes throughout—Based on IBMs early motto.

  • Makes students think about a concept or coding issue that the author has identified as a problem area based on his extensive teaching experience.

• More Debugging Tips and Programming Notes boxes throughout.

  • Highlights key information related to the details of programming activities.

• Added appendices.

  • Gets students started with the integrated development environments called IDEs—in the Sun ONE Studio and JBuilder appendix.

  • Offers students a Systems Engineering tutorial with UML.

  • Supplies students with a GUI workshop using Swing components.

  • Presents information on database connectivity.