Description
Book SynopsisDouglas Bell and
Mike Parr have many years experience teaching programming in the UK. They have written a number of programming books, including the bestselling
Java for Students, Visual Basic for Students and
C# for Students. They continue to teach and learn about programming with enthusiasm.
Trade Review'The best book for my first year programming students'
Gary Hill, The University of Northampton
'It is really hard to fault it or find a better book'
Ken Chisholm, Edinburgh Napier University
'An excellent rewarding introduction to Java programming’
Dr Simon Jones, University of Stirling
Table of ContentsDetailed contents
Introduction
Guided tour
- The background to Java
- First programs
- Using graphics methods
- Variables and calculations
- Methods and parameters
- Using objects
- Selection
- Repetition
- Writing classes
- Inheritance
- Calculations
- Array lists
- Arrays
- Arrays - two dimensional
- String manipulation
- Exceptions
- Files and console applications
- Object-oriented design
- Program style
- Testing
- Debugging
- Threads
- Interfaces
- Programming in the large - packages
- Polymorphism
- Java in context
Appendices:
A. Java libraries
B. The Abstract Window Toolkit
C. Applets
D. Glossary
E. Rules for names
F. Keywords
G. Scope rules (visibility)
H. Bibliography
I. Installing and using Java
Index
