Java BASICS

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0619059672 ISBN 13: 9780619059675

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2002

When it comes to learning the basics of computer education, Course Technology's BASICS series has it covered. Written specifically for first-time computer users the lessons in the text are short and concise, covering only those skills that are most applicable so students get the foundation they need for a lifetime of computer learning. Java BASICS includes such topics as writing your first java program, using HTML and Java applets.

About the Author:

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.

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.

Review:

Unit 1: Getting Started with Java Lesson 1: Background Lesson 2: First Java Programs Lesson 3: Syntax, Errors, and Debugging Lesson 4: Introduction to Control Statements Unit 2: The Next Step with Java Lesson 5: Introduction to User-Defined Classes Lesson 6: More Operators and Control Statements Lesson 7: Improving the User Interface Lesson 8: Introduction to HTML and Applets Appendices A: Java Resources B: Java Language Elements C: Operator Precedence D: ASCII Character Set E: Number Systems F: Java Exception Handling G: Java Packages H: I/O Packages