Java Outside In Paperback with CD-ROM

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Cambridge University Press, Jun 30, 2003 - Computers - 318 pages
This book treats learning a programming language much like learning a spoken language: programming is best learned by immersion. Through building interesting programs and addressing real design issues much earlier than other texts, this title moves beyond the mere syntax and discusses the serious architecture of programs: how delegation and inheritance allow objects to cooperate effectively. The text is filled with programs for realistic applications. These programs are much closer to those the student will encounter in the real world than those in traditional texts. Furthermore, the authors constantly revise the programs as they grow in sophistication so students learn another important aspect of real-world programming: that programs are constantly updated, modified and improved. Finally, in the exercises, the authors encourage students to write programs that interact with programs that they have prepared, and then ask them to write about those programs.
 

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Contents

Computing with Objects
ix
First Things Second
22
Classes and Objects
45
Collections
83
Inheritance
114
Juno
140
When Bad Things Happen to Good Programs
158
Strings
184
Files Streams and Persistence
207
Graphical User Interfaces
226
Glossary
255
Examples
279
Index
313
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