Objects First with Java : A Practical Introduction Using BlueJ

by Barnes, David J.; Kölling, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780136060864
• ISBN10: 0136060862
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

The BlueJ development environment was specifically designed to support introductory teaching of object-orientations and helps users grasp the complicated concepts of class structure. Unlike most books on the subject, this text uses BlueJ to get readers started on object-oriented programming from day one.Uses a spiral approach that introduces a topic in a simple context early on, then revisits it later to increase understanding; Offers an abundance of projects for hands-on practice; Chapters are ordered around software development concepts rather than language features; Language-feature introduction is naturally driven by problems to be solved; Chapters are based around distinct projects for more variety; Does not cover traditional topics like control structures.A useful reference for programmers.

Table of Contents

Foundations of object orientation	p. 1
Objects and classes	p. 3
Understanding class definitions	p. 18
Object interaction	p. 56
Grouping objects	p. 87
More sophisticated behavior	p. 128
Well-behaved objects	p. 169
Designing classes	p. 201
Application structures	p. 243
Improving structure with inheritance	p. 245
More about inheritance	p. 276
Further abstraction techniques	p. 300
Building graphical user interfaces	p. 337
Handling errors	p. 381
Designing applications	p. 424
A case study	p. 444
Working with a BlueJ project	p. 465
Java data types	p. 468
Operators	p. 471
Java control structures	p. 474
Running Java without BlueJ	p. 480
Using the debugger	p. 483
JUnit unit-testing tools	p. 487
Teamwork tools	p. 489
Javadoc	p. 491
Program style guide	p. 494
Important library classes	p. 498
Index	p. 502
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