J. Skansholm

Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Copyright: 2005
Format: Paper; 696 pp

ISBN-10:	0321154169
ISBN-13:	9780321154163

Our Price: £44.99
Status: Instock
Published: 12 Feb 2004

Java from the Beginning is written for the new generation of computer users, for whom concepts such as windows, menus, web pages and the Internet are well-known and natural. It is no longer enough to simply be able to master the basic concepts and constructs of a programming language; today's students are required to write programs that include graphical user interfaces (GUIs), interactive media and various methods of communication.  For this reason, GUIs are discussed in this book right from the start, and communication is covered in detail. In this edition, Swing is used throughout to implement programs with a GUI.  These classes make it possible to give the interfaces a more attractive appearance.  Also, objects, classes and interfaces are presented graphically by means of UML which has now become a de-facto standard in the presentation of object-oriented concepts.

1. Getting Started
2. Classes and Objects
3. More About Classes
4. Object-Oriented Program Development
5. Reading and Writing
6. GUI Components
7. Constructing your own GUI components
8. Layout and Appearance
9. Characters, Arrays and Vectors
10. More About Inheritance
11. Exceptions
12. Active Objects 
13. Events, listeners and actions
14. Menus, windows and dialogs
15. Images and sounds
16. Streams and Files
17. Communication
18. A Bit of Everything
19. Standard Classes for Data Structures
Appendices

• Focuses on building programming skills by example.
• Objects early approach.
• Shows from the start how to write modern programs that use GUIs. Different graphical components such as buttons and menus are clearly demonstrated.
• Object oriented programming is integrated with object oriented design throughout the book.
• Covers advanced features such as communication programs, and programs that use moving pictures and sound.
• Now integrates Swing classes throughout the book
• Classes and objects from the beginning
• Full discussion of the most important pre-defined standard classes
• UML used throughout

• Swing classes are used throughout the book
  Swing is a set of program components for Java programmers that provide the ability to create graphical user interface components, such as buttons and scroll bars.
• A more simple and gentle introduction to object-oriented concepts
  This is a key element to any book on programming with Java. Using feedback from his students over the last two years, the author as decided to split the second chapter into two parts, enabling him to take a more gentle and slow introduction to this challenging topic.