Understanding Object-Oriented Programming with Java:Second Updated Edition for the Open University - Softcover

Budd, Timothy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201787040 ISBN 13: 9780201787047

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 2001

Synopsis

This book develops the object-oriented programming skills of experienced programmers (at the Junior, Senior or above level) by showing how to use Java 2 (the latest release of Sun's Java platform), and by providing a complete understanding of the philosophy behind Java 2. It starts out covering the language-independent concepts that are at the heart of the Java world, and then moves on to introduce Java through several example programs. Following this is an in-depth discussion on inheritance and polymorphism. Finally, the book concludes with material on important features of Java that are not object-oriented.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Timothy Budd, leading author, educator and researcher in the object-oriented programming community, provides a deep understanding of object-oriented programming and Java.

Understanding Object-Oriented Programming with Java teaches readers why the Java language works the way it does, as opposed to many other books that focus on how Java works.

Readers learn about the development decisions that went into making the Java language, and leave with a more sophisticated knowledge of Java and how it fits in the context of object-oriented programming. Throughout the text, the focus remains on teaching readers to master the necessary object-oriented programming concepts. Dr. Budd explains to the reader in clear and simple terms the fundamental principles of object-oriented programming, illustrating these principles with extensive examples from the Java standard library. In short, he thoughtfully created this book, not as a reference manual for the Java language, but as a tool for understanding Java and the object-oriented programming philosophy.

Highlights:

• Provides several graduated example programs in Part II (i.e., cannon and pinball games) for readers to work through and successively learn object-oriented programming features.
• Includes extensive examples from the Java standard library so that readers can better understand the many design patterns found in the AWT, the multiple purposes for which inheritance is used in the standard classes, and more.
• Discusses features of Java in Part V that are important for students to understand, but not necessarily notable for their object-oriented features. Instructors have the flexibility to omit altogether, or introduce in parallel with earlier material.

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About the Author

Timothy Budd is an Associate Professor of COmputer Science at Oregon State University. He's well known for his work on multi-paradigm programming languages, programming environments, compiler implementation and optimization techniques. He's written several titles for Addison-Wesley, including Classic Data Structures in Java, Data Structures in C++ using the STL, An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming and A Little Smalltalk.

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0201787040
• ISBN 13: 9780201787047
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448