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Concise Guide to Object-Oriented Programming

An Accessible Approach Using Java

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  • © 2019

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Authors:
  1. Kingsley Sage

    1. School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex, Falmer, East Sussex, UK

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  • Assumes no prior knowledge of coding in any language
  • Suited to students with no prior computer science experience
  • Concise and accessible
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science (UTICS)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Origins of Programming

    • Kingsley Sage
    Pages 1-9

  3. Procedural Programming Basics in Java

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    Pages 11-35

  4. Getting into Object Oriented Programming

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    Pages 37-56

  5. Library Classes and Packages

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    Pages 57-74

  6. Modelling the World the Object Oriented Way

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    Pages 75-98

  7. Dealing with Errors

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    Pages 99-122

  8. Deeper into Arrays and Collections

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    Pages 123-146

  9. Adding a Graphical User Interface

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    Pages 147-177

  10. Example Applications

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    Pages 179-189

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 191-195
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About this book

This engaging textbook provides an accessible introduction to coding and the world of Object-Oriented (OO) programming, using Java as the illustrative programming language. Emphasis is placed on what is most helpful for the first-time coder, in order to develop and understand their knowledge and skills in a way that is relevant and practical. The examples presented in the text demonstrate how skills in OO programming can be used to create applications and programs that have real-world value in daily life.

Topics and features: presents an overview of programming and coding, a brief history of programming languages, and a concise introduction to programming in Java using BlueJ; discusses classes and objects, reviews various Java library objects and packages, and introduces the idea of the Application Programming Interface (API); highlights how OO design forms an essential role in producing a useful solution to a problem, and the importance of the concept of class polymorphism; examines what to do when code encounters an error condition, describing the exception handling mechanism and practical measures in defensive coding; investigates the work of arrays and collections, with a particular focus on fixed length arrays, the ArrayList, HashMap and HashSet; describes the basics of building a Graphical User Interface (GUI) using Swing, and the concept of a design pattern; outlines two complete applications, from conceptual design to implementation, illustrating the content covered by the rest of the book; provides code for all examples and projects at an associated website.

This concise guide is ideal for the novice approaching OO programming for the first time, whether they are a student of computer science embarking on a one-semester course in this area, or someone learning for the purpose of professional development or self-improvement. The text does not require any prior knowledge of coding, software engineering, OO, or mathematics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex, Falmer, East Sussex, UK

    Kingsley Sage

About the author

Dr. Kingsley Sage is a Senior Teaching Fellow in Computing Sciences in the Department of Informatics at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). He has more than 20 years of teaching experience, from the level of further/continuing education through to postgraduate-level teaching, in both traditional university teaching and adult education.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Concise Guide to Object-Oriented Programming

  • Book Subtitle: An Accessible Approach Using Java

  • Authors: Kingsley Sage

  • Series Title: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13304-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13303-0Published: 02 May 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-13304-7Published: 23 April 2019

  • Series ISSN: 1863-7310

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-1781

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 195

  • Number of Illustrations: 148 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Programming Techniques

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