Starting Out With Java: From Control Structures Through Objects - Softcover

Gaddis, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0136080200 ISBN 13: 9780136080206

Publisher: Pearson, 2009

Synopsis

Tony Gaddis’s accessible, step-by-step style helps beginning students understand the important details necessary to become skilled programmers at an introductory level. Gaddis motivates the study of both programming skills and a programming language by presenting all the details needed to understand the ";how"; and the ";why";–but never losing sight of the fact that most beginners struggle with this material. His approach is both gradual and highly accessible, ensuring that students get the logic behind developing high-quality programs.In Starting Out with Java: From Control Structures through Objects, Gaddis covers procedural programming–control structures and methods–before introducing object-oriented programming. As with all Gaddis texts, clear and easy-to-read code listings, concise and practical real-world examples, and an abundance of exercises appear in every chapter.

About this title

About the Author:

Tony Gaddis is the principal author of the Starting Out with series of textbooks. He has nearly two decades of experience teaching computer science courses, primarily at Haywood Community College. Tony is a highly acclaimed instructor who was previously selected as the North Carolina Community College Teacher of the Year, and has received the Teaching Excellence award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development. The Starting Out with series includes introductory textbooks covering Programming Logic and Design, Alice, C++, Java, Microsoft Visual Basic, and Python.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0136080200
• ISBN 13: 9780136080206
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 1008