Starting Out with Java Early Objects, Student Value Edition

by Gaddis, Tony

• ISBN13: 9780134457918
• ISBN10: 0134457919
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780134457963
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780133794403, 9780134447179
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Loose-leaf
• Copyright: 2017-02-17
• Publisher: Pearson
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Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Brief Contents

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

Available on the Computer Science Portal at www.pearsonhighered.com/gaddis:

• Appendix C Java Key Words
• Appendix D Installing the JDK and Using the JDK Documentation
• Appendix E Using the javadoc Utility
• Appendix F More about the Math Class
• Appendix G Packages
• Appendix H Working with Records and Random-Access Files
• Appendix I Configuring Java DB
• Appendix J The QuickSort Algorithm
• Appendix K N amed Colors
• Appendix L Answers to Checkpoints Questions
• Appendix M Answers to Odd-Numbered Review Questions

• Case Study 1 The Amortization Class
• Case Study 2 The PinTester Class
• Case Study 3 Parallel Arrays
• Case Study 4 The SerialNumber Class