Douglas Bell, Sheffield Hallam University
Mike Parr, Sheffield Hallam University

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2006
Format: Paper Bound w/CD-ROM; 552 pp

ISBN-10:	0131735799
ISBN-13:	9780131735798

Our Price: £43.99
Status: Instock
Published: 01 Feb 2006

A gradual step-by-step approach to learning Java that concentrates on GUI programs and programs that display graphical output.

The text takes a bottom-up approach, starting with the fundamentals of programming before introducing some of the more complex concepts of objects and classes.

Detailed contents
Introduction
Guided tour

1. The background to Java
2. First programs
3. Using graphics methods
4. Variables and calculations
5. Methods and parameters
6. Using objects
7. Selection
8. Repetition
9. Writing classes
10. Inheritance
11. Calculations
12. Array lists
13. Arrays
14. Arrays-two dimensional
15. String manipulation
16. Exceptions
17. Files and console applications
18. Object-oriented design
19. Program style
20. Testing
21. Debugging
22. Threads
23. Interfaces
24. Programming in the large - packages
25. Polymorphism
26. Java in context

Appendices
Index

• Graphics are used throughout to illustrate programming principles.
• A wealth of exercises and self-test questions with solutions.
• A CD-ROM containing the JDK 1.5 and source code for all programs.
• Check out the companion website for the book at www.pearsoned.co.uk/bell to find additional resources for both students and instructors.

• Fully updated to cover new Java 5.0 features including Generics
• UML 2.0 now used as a design notation
• CD-ROM updated to include the JDK 1.5 and all program examples.