The Object of Data Abstraction and Structures (using Java) - Softcover

Riley, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201713594 ISBN 13: 9780201713596

Publisher: Pearson, 2002

Synopsis

The Object of Data Abstraction and Structures is for readers who are looking for a second computer science course that focuses on a modern object-oriented approach in Java. It covers the traditional data structures topics of a CS2 course, with special attention to sound software engineering practice, and uses an object-oriented approach.

The presentation is divided into two parts to provide instructors maximum flexibility to tailor the material to their particular needs. The main body of the textbook consists of Chapters 1 - 9 with general topics that are common to most CS2 courses, but with a distinctly O-O flavor. The Core Concepts: Review and Reference sections of the book is a collection of foundational material that is assumed within the main body. These topics include an introduction to object-oriented programming, software specifications, inheritance, exceptions and recursion. Most CS2 courses expect some, but not all, of this core material as prerequisite, but there are considerable differences from course-to-course. This core material may be covered whenever the instructor chooses, or omitted altogether.

About this title

About the Author

David D. Riley is chairman of the Department of Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, where he teaches programming for beginners and for experienced programmers. His areas of specialty include object-oriented software development, software engineering, and computer architecture. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Iowa.

Professor Riley is the author of four other programming books, including Data Abstraction and Structures using C++ with Mark Headington.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201713594
• ISBN 13: 9780201713596
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 688