Java 2 Weekend Crash Course - Softcover

Sanchez, Julio; Canton, Maria P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764547682 ISBN 13: 9780764547683

Publisher: Wiley, 2000

Synopsis

The Weekend Crash Course series consists of 30 sessions over a period of three days. Each session is designed to take 30 minutes to complete, so the Crash Course is an intense 15-hour learning period beginning on Friday evening and ending on Sunday afternoon. Naturally, you can adapt their learning to whatever schedule best suits your needs.

Java 2 Weekend Crash Course is written to meet the needs of the reader who is new to Java. However, through the use of carefully constructed roadmaps at the beginning of each session as well as pre- and post-assessment software on the CD-ROM, the book is also quite accessible to the reader who already has some knowledge of Java.

About this title

About the Author

Julio Sanchez is an associate professor of Computer Science at Minnesota State University, whose programming books have been translated into Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. He has collaborated on more than a dozen previous books with Maria P. Canton, including the McGraw-Hill Programmer's Desk Reference and High-Resolution Video Graphics.

Maria P. Canton is the executive vice president of Skipanon Software, a software development and consulting company and also teaches at Minnesota State University. She has collaborated on more than a dozen previous books with Julio Sanchez, including the McGraw-Hill Programmer's Desk Reference and High-Resolution Video Graphics.

From the Back Cover

Get up to Speed on JAVA 2 Programming — in a Weekend!
The big day is Monday. The day you get to show off what you know about Java 2 programming. The problem is, you're not really up to speed. Maybe it's been a while since you programmed with Java. Or maybe you just like a challenge. In any event, we've got a solution for you — Java 2 Weekend Crash Course. Open the book Friday evening and by Sunday afternoon, after completing 30 fast, focused lessons, you'll be able to jump right in and start programming in Java. It's as simple as that.

THE CURRICULUM
FRIDAY
Evening: 4 Lessons, 2 hours:
Introducing Java; Loading and Installing Java; Creating a Java Program; Data Storage

SATURDAY
Morning: 6 Lessons, 3 hours:
Identifiers and Data Types; Arrays and Java I/O; Java Operators; Decision Constructs; Iteration and Flow Control; Creating Methods
Afternoon: 6 Lessons, 3 hours:
Object-Oriented Java; Programming with Classes; Using Class Inheritance; Using Object Composition; Using Recursion; Abstract Data Types
Evening: 4 Lessons, 2 hours:
The Linked List ADT; Stacks, Queues, and Trees; Errors and Exceptions; Input and Output

SUNDAY
Morning: 6 Lessons, 3 hours:
File Operations and I/O; Reading and Writing Text; Operations and Blocked Data; Computer Graphics in Java; Programming the AWT Class; Creating the Graphics Application
Afternoon: 4 Lessons, 2 hours:
Vector and Raster Graphics; Engineering the Java Application; Application Development Techniques; Program Testing and Debugging

BONUS CD-ROM INCLUDES

• All sample code and auxiliary files
• Assessment software to help gauge your progress

From the Inside Flap

This book is for people who want to learn to program in Java. No experience in Java or any other programming language is required. It includes a CD-ROM with a self-assessment application (to help you measure how much you have learned), sample code from the book and several shareware programs.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764547682
• ISBN 13: 9780764547683
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 456