Guide to Java: A Concise Introduction to Programming (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science) - Softcover

Streib, James T.; Soma, Takako

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447163168 ISBN 13: 9781447163169

Publisher: Springer, 2014

Synopsis

This volume covers all the fundamentals of Java programming, introducing the core concepts of object-oriented coding at an early stage to ensure readers a swift and secure grasp of the processes, accompanied by contour diagrams and exemplar programs.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. James T. Streib is Professor and Chair of Computer Science at Illinois College, Jacksonville, IL, USA. He is also the author of the successful Springer Guide to Assembly Language. Dr. Takako Soma is Associate Professor of Computer Science at the same institution.

From the Back Cover

Seeking to learn quickly how to program in Java without prior experience? This Guide to Java presents a focused and accessible primer on the fundamentals of Java programming, with extensive use of illustrative examples and hands-on exercises.

Addressing the need to acquire a good working model of objects in order to avoid possible misconceptions, the text introduces the core concepts of object-oriented programming at an early stage, supported by the use of contour diagrams. Each chapter has one or more complete programs to illustrate the various ideas presented, and to help readers learn how to write programs on their own. Chapter summaries and practical exercises are also included to help the reader to review their progress and practice their skills.

Topics and features:

• Provides an introduction to variables, input/output, and arithmetic operations
• Describes objects and contour diagrams, explains selection structures, and demonstrates how iteration structures work
• Discusses object-oriented concepts such as overloading and classes methods, and introduces string variables and processing
• Illustrates arrays and array processing, and examines recursion
• Explores inheritance and polymorphism, and investigates elementary files
• Presents a primer on graphical input/output, discusses elementary exception processing, and presents the basics of Javadoc
• Includes exercises at the end of each chapter, with selected answers in an appendix, and a glossary of key terms
• Provides additional supplementary information at an associated website

This concise and easy-to-follow textbook/guide is ideal for students in an introductory programming course. It is also suitable as a self-study guide for both practitioners and academics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447163168
• ISBN 13: 9781447163169
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 371