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Starting Out with Java: From Control Structures through Objects (3rd Edition)
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by Tony Gaddis
Sales Rank: 50196
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Discount: 6 %
$44.00
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Paperback: 987 pages
Publisher: Addison Wesley; 3 edition January 27, 2007
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0321479270
ISBN-13: 978-0321479273
Product Dimensions:
9.8 x 7.9 x 1.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds
Book Description
KEY BENEFIT: In Starting Out with Java: From Control Structures through Objects, Gaddis covers procedural programming—control structures and methods—before introducing objects in the latter part of the book. 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.
Introduction to Computers and Java; Java Fundamentals; Decision Structures; Loops and Files; Methods; A First Look at Classes; A First Look at GUI Applications; Arrays and the ArrayList Class; A Second Look at Classes and Objects; Text Processing and More about Wrapper Classes; Inheritance; Exceptions and Advanced File I/O; Advanced GUI Applications; Applets and More; Recursion.
For all readers interested in introductory programming.
About The Author
Tony Gaddis is the author of numerous textbooks, including Starting Out with C++, Starting Out with Java, Starting Out with Visual Basic.NET, and Starting Out with Visual Basic 6. He is a Professor at Haywood Community College in North Carolina where he teaches courses on computer programming languages, operating systems, and physics.
Customer Reviews & Comments
If you read the reviews of this text and its earlier editions, you'll see that it's nearly always praised by intro CS profs and students alike. Only this 3rd edition has gotten a real 'ding' by a reviewer, and that came more from that one individual's problem with Amazon than any real fault found in Gaddis' text itself. The guy's anger is understandable, though, as the price of this thick *paperback* book is simply absurd - as is the case with so many college textbooks these days... especially those in subject areas considered the gateway to lucrative careers. How can the publishers possibly justify their pricing? They can't... it's mostly greed. They figure CS students will just borrow a ton of money for their education and then pay off their inflated loans with their huge salaries, later! Anyway, end of rant. What I would suggest, though, is to consider using an earlier edition of Gaddis' text - used - if ninety plus bucks is too much for you. For the purpose of introductory programming in Java, very little is lost in using the first edition, "Starting Out with Java 5". As I write this in 2008, Java is 13 years old and has become a mature language; very few basic features or keywords are deprecated anymore, and all of the latest and greatest extensions are mostly beyond the introductory level of this textbook. What the first edition did well - build a firm foundation for understanding programming structures and object oriented features in basic Java - all editions still do extremely well. The second edition, and the third, however, are incremental improvements... not essential to getting one's students off on the right foot.
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