Hoboken : : Wiley, , 2014.

1 online resource (435 p.)

6th ed.

Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; How to Use This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; What You Don't Have to Read; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Beyond the Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Getting Started with Java; Chapter 1: All about Java; What You Can Do with Java; Why You Should Use Java; Getting Perspective: Where Java Fits In; Object-Oriented Programming (OOP); What's Next?; Chapter 2: All about Software; Quick-Start Instructions; What You Install on Your Computer; Chapter 3: Using the Basic Building Blocks. - Chapter 5: Controlling Program Flow with Decision-Making Statements Making Decisions (Java if Statements); Forming Conditions with Comparisons and Logical Operators; Building a Nest; Choosing among Many Alternatives (Java switch Statements); Chapter 6: Controlling Program Flow with Loops; Repeating Instructions Over and Over Again (Java while Statements); Repeating a Certain Number of Times (Java for Statements); Repeating Until You Get What You Want (Java do Statements); Part III: Working with the Big Picture: Object-Oriented Programming; Chapter 7: Thinking in Terms of Classes and Objects. - Defining Constructors (What It Means to Be a Temperature) More Subclasses (Doing Something about the Weather); A Constructor That Does More; Part IV: Savvy Java Techniques; Chapter 10: Putting Variables and Methods Where They Belong; Defining a Class (What It Means to Be a Baseball Player); Making Static (Finding the Team Average); Experiments with Variables; Passing Parameters; Chapter 11: Using Arrays to Juggle Values; Getting Your Ducks All in a Row; Arrays of Objects; Command Line Arguments; Chapter 12: Using Collections and Streams (When Arrays Aren't Good Enough). - Defining a Class (What It Means to Be an Account) Defining a Method within a Class (Displaying an Account); Sending Values to and from Methods (Calculating Interest); Making Numbers Look Good; Hiding Details with Accessor Methods; Chapter 8: Saving Time and Money: Reusing Existing Code; Defining a Class (What It Means to Be an Employee); Working with Disk Files (A Brief Detour); Defining Subclasses (What It Means to Be a Full-Time or Part-Time Employee); Using Subclasses; Overriding Existing Methods (Changing the Payments for Some Employees); Chapter 9: Constructing New Objects. - Speaking the Java Language Checking Out Java Code for the First Time; Understanding a Simple Java Program; And Now, a Few Comments; Part II: Writing Your Own Java Programs; Chapter 4: Making the Most of Variables and Their Values; Varying a Variable; Assignment Statements; Understanding the Types of Values That Variables May Have; Displaying Text; Numbers without Decimal Points; Combining Declarations and Initializing Variables; The Atoms: Java's Primitive Types; The Molecules and Compounds: Reference Types; An Import Declaration; Creating New Values by Applying Operators. - Understanding the Limitations of Arrays. - The top-selling beginning Java book is now fully updated! As an unstoppably platform-independent, object-oriented programming language, Java is used for developing web and mobile applications. In this up-to-date bestselling book, veteran author Barry Burd shows you how to create basic Java objects and clearly explains when you should simply reuse existing code. Explores how the new version of Java offers more robust functionality and new features such as closures to keep Java competitive with more syntax-friendly languages like Python and Ruby Covers object-oriented

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