Starting Out with Java: FROM CONTROL STRUCTURES THROUGH OBJECTS

Tony Gaddis's accessible, step-by-step style helps beginning students understand the important details necessary to become skilled programmers at an introductory level. Gaddis motivates the study of both programming skills and a programming language by presenting all the details needed to understand the "how" and the "why"–but never losing sight of the fact that most beginners struggle with this material. His approach is both gradual and highly accessible, ensuring that students get the logic behind developing high-quality programs.In Starting Out with Java: From Control Structures through Objects, Gaddis covers procedural programming–control structures and methods–before introducing object-oriented programming. As with all Gaddis texts, clear and easy-to-read code listings, concise and practical real-world examples, and an abundance of exercises appear in every chapter.

Ch 1 Introduction to Computers and Java
Ch 2 Java Fundamentals
Ch 3 Decision Structures
Ch 4 Loops and Files
Ch 5 Methods
Ch 6 A First Look at Classes
Ch 7 A First Look at GUI Applications
Ch 8 Arrays and the ArrayList Class
Ch 9 A Second Look at Classes and Objects
Ch 10 Text Processing and More about Wrapper Classes
Ch 11 Inheritance
Ch 12 Exceptions and Advanced File I/O
Ch 13 Advanced GUI Applications
Ch 14 Applets and More
Ch 15 Recursion
Student CD-ROM:
App A Getting Started with Alice
App B The ASCII/Unicode Characters
App C Operator Precedence and Associativity
App D Java Key Words
App E Installing the JDK and JDK Documentation
App F Using the javadoc Utility
App G More about the Math Class
App H Packages
App I Working with Records and Random Access Files
App J More about JOptionPane Dialog Boxes
App K Answers to Checkpoints
App L Answers to Odd-Numbered Review Questions
Case Study 1 Calculating Sales Commission
Case Study 2 The Amortization Class
Case Study 3 The PinTester Class
Case Study 4 Parallel Arrays
Case Study 5 The FeetInches Class
Case Study 6 The SerialNumber Class
Case Study 7 A Simple Text Editor Application