Gaddis Series

'Tony Gaddis' books are among the most widely-used books for students learning to program all over the world.  In Starting Out With C#, Gaddis makes a very detailed and slow-paced presentation of both programming and C# syntax concepts so all readers will be able to follow along.  The book includes the hallmark pedagogocial features that readers of Gaddis books have come to expect.

The student supplements for this text, source code, appendices, and a compiler can be accessed by clicking on this link: Student Supplements.

In this Alternate Edition of Starting Out With C++, Gaddis makes a very detailed and slow-paced presentation of both programming and C++ syntax concepts so all readers will be able to follow along.   Objects are introduced after control structures, functions, but before arrays and pointers, and the Standard library string class objects are used throughout.  The book includes the hallmark pedagogical features that readers of Gaddis books have come to expect.

The “Starting Out with” series by Tony Gaddis provides an approach that students rave about.  Gaddis has a distinctive writing style that is both friendly and accessible, and is overwhelmingly popular with novice programmers. His carefully-paced, step-by-step discussion of each important programming topic enhances each student’s development of sound programming skills.

This text is designed as a “late objects” introduction to programming using the Java programming language.  It first introduces the student to the fundamentals of data types, input and output, control structures, methods, and objects created from standard library classes. After this the student learns to write her own classes, and develop simple GUI applications. Then the student learns to use arrays.

The book also includes coverage of more advanced topics such as inheritance, polymorphism, the creation and management of packages, advanced GUI applications, and recursion. From early in the book, applications are documented with javadoc comments. As the student progresses through the text, new javadoc tags are covered and demonstrated.

The text is designed as an "early objects" introduction to programming using the Java programming language. The student is introduced to object-oriented programming early in the book. The fundamentals of control structures, classes, and the OOP paradigm are thoroughly covered before moving on to graphics and more powerful applications of the Java language.

As with all the books in the Starting Out series, the hallmark of this text is its clear, friendly, and easy-to-understand writing. In addition, it is rich in example programs that are concise and practical.