Guide to Java

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Variables, Input/Output, and Arithmetic

   • James T. Streib, Takako Soma

   Pages 1-38

3. Objects: An Introduction

   • James T. Streib, Takako Soma

   Pages 39-67

4. Selection Structures

   • James T. Streib, Takako Soma

   Pages 69-106

5. Iteration Structures

   • James T. Streib, Takako Soma

   Pages 107-141

6. Objects: Revisited

   • James T. Streib, Takako Soma

   Pages 143-184

7. Strings

   • James T. Streib, Takako Soma

   Pages 185-202

8. Arrays

   • James T. Streib, Takako Soma

   Pages 203-243

9. Recursion

   • James T. Streib, Takako Soma

   Pages 245-266

10. Objects: Inheritance and Polymorphism

    • James T. Streib, Takako Soma

    Pages 267-291

11. Elementary File Input and Output

    • James T. Streib, Takako Soma

    Pages 293-310

12. Back Matter

    Pages 311-358

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This book presents a focused and accessible primer on the fundamentals of Java programming, with extensive use of examples and hands-on exercises. Topics and features: provides an introduction to variables, input/output and arithmetic operations; describes objects and contour diagrams, explains selection structures, and demonstrates how iteration structures work; discusses object-oriented concepts such as overloading and classes methods, and introduces string variables and processing; illustrates arrays and array processing and examines recursion; explores inheritance and polymorphism and investigates elementary files; presents a primer on graphical input/output, discusses elementary exception processing, and presents the basics of Javadoc; includes exercises at the end of each chapter, with selected answers in an appendix and a glossary of key terms; provides additional supplementary information at an associated website.

• Contour Diagrams
• Java
• Object Oriented Programming

From the book reviews:

“This book … really hits the mark for a basic introduction to Java programming. … This reviewer was very impressed with the organization of the topics and the incremental way that the presented concepts build upon each other. This is a very good resource for beginning Java programmers, and those who know any other programming language will find it a breeze to read. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates, two-year technical program students, professionals/practitioners, and general readers.” (F. H. Wild III, Choice, Vol. 52 (3), November, 2014)

• Department of Computer Science, Illinois College, Jacksonville, USA

  James T. Streib, Takako Soma

Dr. James T. Streib is Professor and Chair of Computer Science at Illinois College, Jacksonville, IL, USA. He is also the author of the successful Springer Guide to Assembly Language. Dr. Takako Soma is Associate Professor of Computer Science at the same institution.

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