Using a fundamentals-first approach, Liang explores the concepts of problem-solving and object-oriented programming. Beginning programmers learn critical problem-solving techniques, then move on to grasp the key concepts of object-oriented and GUI programming using Java 5. Starts readers with essential problem-solving and programming concepts (control statements, methods, and arrays); moves on to object-oriented programming, graphical user interface (GUI), and applets; and finally introduces exception handling, binary I/O, and recursion. Enables readers to write short, interesting, graphical game programs early on (starting from Chapter 2). Offers an exceptionally broad range of carefully chosen examples; reinforces key concepts with objectives lists, introduction and chapter overviews, easy-to-follow examples, chapter summaries, review questions, programming exercises, and an interactive self-test. A useful reference for anyone interested in learning more about programming.

About The Author
Y. Daniel Liang is the author and editor of the Prentice Hall Liang Java Series. His innovative Java texts have been adopted by many universities throughout the world. Dr. Liang is currently a Yamacraw professor of software engineering in the School of Computing at Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia.

Customer Reviews & Comments
good for a start into programming with no experiance. easy to read. the book is geared to an old JBuilder version but you can skip those parts. the book does lack quite a bit when it comes to class methods but that what the java docs are for. this book give a intro into graphics which is hardly given enough info. It also covers the basics of applets. i would suggest getting the larger verison of this book that has more on gui i/o and data structures. 4 stars for easy reader basic info, and lacking more. you will need another book after this one. Comment | Permalink | (Report this)