Fundamentals of Java: AP Computer Science Essentials, International Edition - Softcover

Osborne, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0538471581 ISBN 13: 9780538471589

Publisher: South-Western, 2010

Synopsis

By taking a multilevel approach to teaching Java, this text is suitable for a wide range of students, from beginners to those ready for advanced data structures. Since it is non-software specific, it can be used with any Java program compiler, including Borland, Sun Microsystems, Symantec and others.

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About the Author

Martin Osborne has been a Professor of Computer Science at Western Washington University since 1977, and various courses at all levels of the curriculum. He has coauthored four books with Ken Lambert, and has presented numerous papers and workshops on teaching object-oriented software development at national and regional conferences. Kenneth A. Lambert is a Professor of Computer Science at Washington and Lee University. He has taught courses in almost every subject area of computer science and has published several textbooks in introductory programming and data structures in C++, Java, and Python. He is the co-creator of the BreezySwing framework and is the creator of the breezypythongui framework.

Review

UNIT 1: Getting Started with Java. 1: Background. 2: First Java Programs. 3: Syntax, Errors, and Debugging. 4: Introduction to Control Statements. 5: Using Classes and Objects in Media Computing. UNIT 2: The Next Step with Java. 6: Introduction to Defining Classes. 7: Control Statements Continued. 8: Improving the User Interface. 9: Introduction to HTML and Applets. UNIT 3: Arrays, Recursion, and Complexity. 10: Introduction to Arrays. 11: Classes Continued. 12: Arrays Continued. 13: Recursion, Complexity, and Searching and Sorting. UNIT 4: Advanced Topics. 14: Introduction to Collections. 15: Multithreading, Networks, and Client/Server Programming. Appendix A: Java Resources. Appendix B: Java Language Elements. Appendix C: Operator Precedence. Appendix D: ASCII Character Set. Appendix E: Number Systems. Appendix F: Java Exception Handling. Appendix G: Java Packages and jar Files. Appendix H: Files. Appendix I: The TurtleGraphics Package. Appendix J: AP Correlations. Glossary. Index.

Edition details

• Publisher: South-Western
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0538471581
• ISBN 13: 9780538471589
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English