Starting Out with Java: Early Objects, 5th Edition

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Starting Out with Java: Early Objects is intended for use in the Java programming course. It is also suitable for all readers interested in an introduction to the Java programming language.  

Tony Gaddis’s accessible, step-by-step presentation 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 both 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.

MyProgrammingLab for Starting Out with Java: Early Objects is a total learning package. MyProgrammingLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program that truly engages students in learning. It helps students better prepare for class, quizzes, and exams–resulting in better performance in the course–and provides educators a dynamic set of tools for gauging individual and class progress.

Teaching and Learning Experience

This program presents a better teaching and learning experience—for you and your students.

• Personalize Learning with MyProgrammingLab: Through the power of practice and immediate personalized feedback, MyProgrammingLab helps students fully grasp the logic, semantics, and syntax of programming.
• Enhance Learning with the Gaddis Approach: Gaddis’s accessible approach features clear and easy-to-read code listings, concise real-world examples, and exercises in every chapter.
• Keep Your Course Current: Content is refreshed to provide the most up-to-date information on new technologies for your course.
• Support Instructors and Students: Student and instructor resources are available to expand on the topics presented in the text. 

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction to Computers and Java
Chapter 2 Java Fundamentals
Chapter 3 A First Look at Classes and Objects
Chapter 4 Decision Structures
Chapter 5 Loops and Files
Chapter 6 A Second Look at Classes and Objects
Chapter 7 Arrays and the ArrayList Class
Chapter 8 Text Processing and Wrapper Classes
Chapter 9 Inheritance
Chapter 10 Exceptions and Advanced File I/O
Chapter 11 GUI Applications—Part 1
Chapter 12 GUI Applications—Part 2
Chapter 13 Applets and More
Chapter 14 Creating GUI Applications with JavaFX
Chapter 15 Recursion
Chapter 16 Databases
Appendix A Getting Started with Alice 2