Java¿ By Abstraction: A Client-View Approach, First Edition - Softcover

Roumani, Hamzeh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321226895 ISBN 13: 9780321226891

Publisher: Pearson Canada, 2005

Synopsis

The text uses the "Objects-First" model"  to present the fundamentals of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and software engineering but it does so in a rather unique way. The book adopts the client view by only writing main programs that use existing classes. Given the large number of ready-made classes in the Java standard library and elsewhere, the book can cover key OOP concepts, like encapsulation, aggre­ga­tion, inheritance, generics, and polymorphism, without ever writing a class. It tackles merging lists, finding medians, and removing duplicates without ever mentioning arrays. Delaying the implementation to CS2 allows students to grasp the true meaning of encapsulation and contracts, and promotes system thinking.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson Canada
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0321226895
• ISBN 13: 9780321226891
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 544