Absolute Java

Savitch, Walter

ISBN 10: 0321330242 / ISBN 13: 9780321330246

Published by Addison Wesley, 2005

Seller Inventory # mon0000180081

Synopsis:

Best-selling author Walt Savitch offers students a comprehensive introduction of the java programming language.  The hallmark feature of his accessible writing style is predominate in this text, along with the needed tools and java topics  for novice and experienced programmers to master the java language.  In this second edition he takes full advantage of the new java 5.0 features and incorporates the new Scanner class, automatic boxing and unboxing, System.out.pintf for formatting output and enhanced for loop.  There is comprehensive coverage of generic types, including how to define classes with type parameters, collection classes done as generic classes, and linked lists done with type parameters.  Pedagogical features are integrated throughout including: pitfalls, programming tips, and self-test exercises and answers.  This book is appropriate for introductory courses covering Java and intermediate programming courses introducing Java to students familiar with another language.

About the Author: Walter Savitch is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the University of California at San Diego. He received his PhD in mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1969. Since that time he has been on the faculty of the University of California in San Diego (UCSD). He served as director of the UCSD Interdisciplinary PhD program in Cognitive Science for over ten years. He has served as a visiting researcher at the Computer Science departments of the University of Washington in Seattle and and at the University of Colorado in Boulder, and has been a visiting scholar at the Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica in Amsterdam.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Absolute Java
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good
Edition: 2nd Edition