Java for the Beginning Programmer

Book Name: Java for the Beginning Programmer ISBN: 0977320618 Author: Jeff Heaton Pages: 332 Status: Available View Errata Sheet: [Click Here] Download examples: [Click Here] Note: Our PDF books contain no DRM and can be printed, copied to multiple computers owned by you, and once downloaded do not require an internet connection.

Purchase From:

Source	Price
[Buy] paperback book from Amazon.COM	$29.99 (USD)
Buy DRM-Free PDF eBook:   You will download a regular PDF file directly from Heaton Research. Some books provide multiple file formats. This ebook includes the following file format(s): PDF.	$19.99 (USD)

Description

Java for the Beginning Programmer teaches Java to someone with absolutely no programming background. This book focuses on core programming topics such as variables, looping, subroutines, and program layout. This course focuses on real programming techniques, and not using an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to generate code. This course ends with an introduction to graphical user interface programming.

By focusing on core programming techniques, and not using an IDE to generate code, the programmer is given a solid foundation in the Java programming language. This book prepares the reader for more advanced Java study, or one of our other Java programming books.

Each chapter includes review questions and an assignment. This book can be used either as a college text book, or for independent reading. This book was compiled from the author's years of experience teaching the Java programming language.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to Java

This chapter introduces the Java programming language. Topics such as cross platform and object oriented programming (OOP) are discussed. The user is introduced to other basic features of the Java programming language.

Chapter 2: Installing, Compiling and Running
This chapter describes how to install Java. You are also introduced to Java by compiling and executing a simple Java application. If you ever need to review how to compile or execute Java applications, you should refer back to this chapter.

Chapter 3: Variables

In this chapter I show you how to use Java variables. This includes both numeric, string and object type variables. Casting and conversion amoung types is also covered.

Chapter 4: Handling User Input

I this chapter you will see how to read input from the user. This will allow your programs to interact with the user, and prompt them for information.

Chapter 5: Making Decisions

So far we have only accepted data from the user and displayed that data. Sometimes the data was processed slightly before being redisplayed, but no decisions were made based on that data. In this chapter you will see how your program can make decisions based on the data that the user enters.

Chapter 6: Methods and Functions

In the Chapter 3 we learned about variables. You saw that there were different variable data types. There are also different variable scope types. But what exactly is scope? Variable scope refers to what can access a variable and what cannot access a variable. There are three levels of scope for variables in Java.

Chapter 7: Mid Term

The Mid Term exam. This exam covers chapters 1-6.

Chapter 8: Mid Term Review

Chapter 8 is a review the correct answers for the midterm exam, that was presented in Chapter 7.

Chapter 9: Using Loops
Computers are great at repetitive operations. If you teach a computer how to write a paycheck for one single employee, it is not much more complex to modify your program to produce paychecks for 100 employees.

Chapter 10: Strings

Strings are a very important concept in any programming language. Strings are variables that can hold textual data. We have already seen strings in previous chapters. However, in this chapter we will see how to process strings.

Chapter 11: Arrays

In this Chapter you will learn about arrays. First, let's look at exactly what an array is. An array is a single type, such as a string. However, rather than just one string value, an array can hold many values.

Chapter 12: Using Arrays

In this chapter we will build upon the last chapter by introducing a more complex example of using an array. You will be shown how to sort an array.

Chapter 13: Object Oriented Programming

In this chapter you will learn the basics of Object Oriented Programming.

Chapter 14: More Object Oriented

In this chapter we will build upon the last chapter by making use of the Student class. Many changes will be made to the StudentList class to make it object oriented. You will see how to take a non-object oriented program and turn it into an Object Oriented Program.

Chapter 15: GUI Programming

So far our applications have been text only. In this chapter you will see how to interact with the user with windows.

Chapter 16: Final Exam

The Final Exam covers the entire book.

Glossary

Appendix A: Downloading Examples

Appendix B: Final Exam Answers

Appendix C: Chapter Review Answers