The topics covered in this book are selected to teach fundamental programming concepts. This comprehensive version of Java Actually builds a foundation for novice programmers to move on to the more specialised and advanced technologies that use Java. Structured programming (control structures, strings and arrays) and Object-based programming (objects with no inheritance) are covered in the first two Parts so that objects are introduced as soon as possible. This material should be taught in all courses and a shorter version of this book exists to cover just these basics. For those moving onto to an intermediary level, the last parts of the book describe OOP (object-oriented programming) concepts and explain how they are applied.
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Chapter 1: Getting started Part I STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING Chapter 2: Basic Programming Elements. Chapter 3: Program Control Flow. Part II OBJECT-BASED PROGRAMMING Chapter 4: Using Objects. Chapter 5: More on Control Structures Chapter 6: Arrays Chapter 7: Defining Classes Chapter 8: Object Communication PART III: PROGRAM BUILDING BLOCKS. Chapter 9: Sorting and Searching Arrays. Chapter 10: Text File I/O and Simple GUI Dialogue Part IV OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING Chapter 11: Inheritance Chapter 12: Program Develop Cycle Chapter 13: Sorting & Searching Chapter 14: Dynamic Data Structure Chapter 15: Recursion Chapter 16: Exception Handling Chapter 17: Files and Streams Chapter 18: Threads Chapter 19: Graphical User Interfaces Back matter References Appendix A: Annotated Answers to Review Questions Appendix B: Language Reference Appendix C: Formatted Printing Appendix D: Overview of Unicode Character Set Appendix E: Java Coding Style Appendix F: Number System and Number Representation Appendix G: Programming Tools in the Java Development Kit (JDK) Appendix H: Introduction to UML
