- Paperback: 784 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 3 edition (4 Dec 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 013031997X
- ISBN-13: 978-0130319975
- Product Dimensions: 24.9 x 20.1 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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- #63 in Books > Computers & Internet > Computer Science > Programming > Introduction to Programming > Java
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For CS1 (in Java), introductory Java programming, and intermediate Java programming courses offered in Computer Science, Engineering and Business programs at both the undergraduate and graduate level.
Designed for a first or second course in Java programming, this text covers Java 2—the newest version of this programming language, principles of programming, and core Java features. A step-by-step approach first lays a sound foundation on programming elements, control statements, and methods; then introduces object-oriented programming; moves on to graphics programming; and concludes with advanced features that enable students to develop comprehensive programs. Representative examples, abundant pedagogy, and multiple exercises provide students with an outstanding introduction to Java.
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This text adopts the "fundamentals-first" strategy, proceeding at a steady pace through all the necessary and important basic concepts, and building up to object-oriented. programming. Students then move to using the object-oriented approach to build GUI applications and applets with exception handling, I/O, data structures, internationalization, multithreading, multimedia, and networking. Every chapter has been completely revised, malting for concise reading that is engaging, and at the same tune, easy to understand. Suited for beginning and advanced students from two-semester first-year programming courses to one-semester courses in Java as a second language. This book has also been used in short training courses for experienced programmers.
KEY FEATURES- Uses hands-on examples of basic features.
- Provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of programming.
- Contains in-depth treatment of object-oriented programming.
- Includes extensive examples of GUI programming.
- Covers advanced Java topics.
- Incorporates coverage of all the subjects required for the Level 1 Java Certification Exam.
- Offers more than 600 self-test questions from the author's online interactive website.
- Improved presentation of primitive data types, expressions, loops, methods, and arrays.
- The standard JOptionPane class replaces MyInput.
- Object-Oriented Programming is expanded into four chapters to provide an in-depth introduction.
- Strings are given a separate chapter.
- Object-Oriented Software Development introduces the UML, approach and fosters the concept of reusable components.
- Brand new chapter on Java Data Structures introduces Java collections framework.
- New organization provides flexible ordering of chapters so instructors can easily customize the book.
- Several new appendices offer readers additional background information and supplemental material.
- Problem-solving steps are described in the examples.
- New examples have been added on GUI programming, threads, and I/O.
- Author website link available at www.prenhall.com/liang/intro4e.html
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a good book to introduce you to Java.
Liang is very good at explaining topics and 'walks' the reader through his example programs so that you can fully understand how they work.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Bookd contains all but most of the start up technics a C programmer needs to know. The book is well structured and define every aspect of technics a dummy java programmer requires.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4th edition excellent
7 Jan 2003
Format:Paperback
All of the reviews I have read were for previous editions. I use
this for my class text, and students have been very pleased. It
is easy to teach from, with good exercises (most), and the 4th
edition has cleaned up errors mentioned in earlier reviews. I
use it for a beginning and intermediate University level class.
this for my class text, and students have been very pleased. It
is easy to teach from, with good exercises (most), and the 4th
edition has cleaned up errors mentioned in earlier reviews. I
use it for a beginning and intermediate University level class.
The text is managable and not as verbose at Eckel or as simpleton
as Dietel. Better explainations than the Nutshells which are
also good books. Covers topics often left out in intro books,
Threads, Sockets and Networking.
This is the fifth text I have used since I started teaching
Java classes, and definitely best so far (but get the 4th ed!)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Good textbook for academic environment
28 Dec 2001
Format:Paperback
It seems people either love or hate this book. As a Java Instructor, I have used this book for several years, starting with the first edition. It seems to work well with students who have previous programming experience with a language such as C or C++. I like the way the book is organized - first the Java syntax, then OO fundamentals, then GUI design, then more advanced material such as threading and networking. I would rate it 5 stars except for the numerous typo errors. It does seem to be unforgivable to repeat some of the same errors from one edition to the next. Again there may be better books for self-study but in the classroom, this is still one of the best.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Too many typos
16 Jan 2001
Format:Textbook Binding
I just survived a Java class in which this was the text. The class convinced the instructor not to use this book for future classes. There were a large number of typos, particularly in example programs. Our instructor made the answers available as an aid if we became stumped on a programming exercise. Unfortunately some of the code in those answers simply did not work. It appeared that the book had been hastily revised and not thoroughly checked to assure consistency. The author repeatedly uses methods not yet discussed in his examples and refers the reader to later portions of the book in the Example Reviews. Not helpful in an introductory class, even with a prerequisite of a previous programming language or experience.
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