Java Algorithms - Softcover

Ladd, Scott Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0079136966 ISBN 13: 9780079136961

Publisher: Computing McGraw-Hill, 1997

Synopsis

In the first book/CD-ROM of its kind, algorithm guru Scott Ladd reveals how Java can implement important data structures to create quick, efficient, professional applications and applets. From sorting and containers to hash tables and file I/O, developers (especially those migrating from C++) will learn how to wring new levels of performance from Java. CD-ROM contains all the compiled source code from the book, Sun Microsystem's JDK 1.1.4, and a trial version of Visual J++ and other third-party Java tools. Part of the Java Masters series.

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Review

Have you ever muddled through a Java programming job knowing that if you only had sufficient time, you could find a more efficient way to complete the project? Java Algorithms contains dozens of highly practical and efficient routines ready for insertion into your programs.

Author Scott Robert Ladd brings you lots of old friends in new clothes. The quicksort, a staple of C, Pascal, and other languages, appears here in Java, as do the Shell sort and other popular sorts. (The bubble sort, friend of high school computer-science students everywhere, is mercifully left out.) You'll also find math algorithms (including a cool polynomial class), GUI layout tools, data trees, serialization, compression, and other topics--all explained in text that's a pleasure to read.

The author's writing strengths become most evident when he explains string-search algorithms. Ladd walks you through the behavior of his code step by step, making things clear without making you feel as if you are being spoken down to. All the code in the book appears on the companion CD-ROM, ready to be used piecemeal or included in programs as the coyote.* packages. --David Wall

From the Back Cover

Wring new levels of performance from Java!

I've written several books about algorithm design, and this book/CD-ROM bring you my experience in the form of several Java packages. You can get good performance from Java; a well-written Java applet will outperform a poorly designed C++ program. That's what this book is all about.
--The Author.

Scott Robert Ladd is renowned for writing portable and efficient code in C and C++. Now he has translated his ideas into Java and delivers them to you in this innovative, easy-to use package. Whether you're already migrating from C++ to Java, or beginning to explore the possibilities, use this book and CD-ROM to:

• Get a quick handle on the code differences between Java and C/C++
• Understand how Java implements key data structures and algorithms
• Maximize Java's powerful array of tools for developing user interfaces
• Create quick-full-featured, professional applications and applets
• Speed up applet performance, which varies dramatically from platform to platform
• Discover a star chart plotter Java application written by the author

Additional time-savers include complete applets and applications that demonstrate the packages developed by the author, as well as all of Ladd's compiled source code right on the CD-ROM.

Edition details

• Publisher: Computing McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0079136966
• ISBN 13: 9780079136961
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 484