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Computing concepts with Java 2 essentials / Cay S. Horstmann.

By: Horstmann, Cay S, 1959-.
Contributor(s): Horstmann, Cay S, 1959-. Computing concepts with Java essentials.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York Chichester : Wiley, 2000Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xvi, 762 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0471346098; 9780471346098.Other title: Java 2 essentials.Subject(s): Electronic data processing | Java (Computer program language) | Programming (Electronic computers) | Computers and IT | Object-oriented programming (OOP) | Web programmingDDC classification: 005.133 HOR Summary: This text uses Java to describe programming concepts, taking full advantage of Java's simpler and more consistent syntax. Its traditional approach uses modern CS tools including a strategic subset of Java and a simple object-oriented graphics library.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Each text is packaged with the Sun's JDK software.
* A Common Errors section in each chapter that helps you avoid programming pitfalls.
* A programming style guide that you can modify to fit your own criteria.
* A library of Java code available from the author's website from which you can easily derive your own Java applets.
* An appendix that helps you make the transition from Java to ANSI C++.

Includes index.

Revised ed. of: Computing concepts with Java essentials.1998.

This text uses Java to describe programming concepts, taking full advantage of Java's simpler and more consistent syntax. Its traditional approach uses modern CS tools including a strategic subset of Java and a simple object-oriented graphics library.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Fundamental Data Types
  • An Introduction to Classes
  • Applets and Graphics
  • Decisions
  • Iteration
  • More About Methods
  • Testing and Debugging
  • Inheritance and Interfaces
  • Event Handling
  • Arrays and Vectors
  • Graphical User Interfaces
  • Streams and Exceptions
  • Object-Oriented Design
  • Algorithms
  • An Introduction to Data Structures
  • Appendices
  • Glossary
  • Photocredits
  • Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Cay Horstmann is a professor of Computer Science at San Jose State University and is the Vice President of Technology at Preview Systems. Cay's Java texts have sold over 100,000 copies. When he is not teaching, writing books or code, he is responding to email: cay@horstmann.com