Objects First with Java : A Practical Introduction Using BlueJ
by Barnes, David J.; Kölling, MichaelEdition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-01-01
Publisher(s): Prentice Hall
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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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