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A clear and student-friendly way to teach the fundamentals of Java
Starting Out with Java: Early Objects, 6th Edition features Tony Gaddis’s accessible, step-by-step presentation which helps beginning students understand the important details necessary to become skilled programmers at an introductory level. Gaddis motivates the study of both programming skills and the Java programming language by presenting all the details needed to understand the “how” and the “why”–but never losing sight of the fact that most beginners struggle with this material. His approach is gradual and highly accessible, ensuring that students understand the logic behind developing high-quality programs.
In Starting Out with Java: Early Objects, Gaddis looks at objects–the fundamentals of classes and methods–before
covering procedural programming. As with all Gaddis texts, clear and easy-to-read code listings, concise and practical real world examples, and an abundance of exercises appear in every chapter. Updates to the 6th Edition include revised, improved problems throughout and three new chapters on JavaFX.
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MyLab™ Programming is an online learning system designed to engage students and improve results. MyLab Programming consists of programming exercises correlated to the concepts and objectives in this book. Through practice exercises and immediate, personalized feedback, MyLab Programming improves the programming competence of beginning students who often struggle with the basic concepts of programming languages.
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Tony Gaddis is the principal author of the Starting Out With series of textbooks. Tony has nearly two decades of experience teaching computer science courses, primarily at Haywood Community College. He is a highly acclaimed instructor who was previously selected as the North Carolina Community College “Teacher of the Year” and has received the Teaching Excellence award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development. The Starting Out With series includes introductory books covering C++, Java™, Microsoft® Visual Basic®, Microsoft® C#®, Python®, Programming Logic and Design, Alice, and App Inventor, all published by Pearson. More information about all these books can be found at www.pearsonhighered.com/gaddisbooks.
1. Introduction to Computers and Java
2. Java Fundamentals
3. A First Look at Classes and Objects
4. Decision Structures
5. Loops and Files
6. A Second Look at Classes and Objects
7. Arrays and the ArrayList Class
8. Text Processing and Wrapper Classes
9. Inheritance
10. Exceptions and Advanced File I/O
11. JavaFX: GUI Programming and Basic Controls
12. JavaFX: Advanced Controls
13. JavaFX: Graphics, Effects, and Media
14. Recursion
15. Databases
Appendix A The ASCII/Unicode Characters
Appendix B Operator Precedence and Associativity
Index
Credits
Appendixes C–M Available on the book’s online resource page
Case Studies 1–4 Available on the book’s online resource page
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