This text is intended for use in the Java programming course Tony Gaddis’s accessible, step-by-step presentation helps beginning students understand the important details necessary to become skilled programmers at an introductory level. Gaddis motivates the study of both programming skills and the Java programming language by presenting all the details needed to understand the “how” and the “why”-but never losing sight of the fact that most beginners struggle with this material. His approach is both gradual and highly accessible, ensuring that students understand the logic behind developing high-quality programs. In Starting Out with Java: Early Objects, Gaddis looks at objects-the fundamentals of classes and methods-before covering procedural programming. As with all Gaddis texts, clear and easy-to-read code listings, concise and practical real-world examples, and an abundance of exercises appear in every chapter. Teaching and Learning Experience This program presents a better teaching and learning experience-for you and your students.
Chapter 1 Introduction to Computers and Java
Chapter 2 Java Fundamentals
Chapter 3 A First Look at Classes and Objects
Chapter 4 Decision Structures
Chapter 5 Loops and Files
Chapter 6 A Second Look at Classes and Objects
Chapter 7 Arrays and the ArrayList Class
Chapter 8 Text Processing and Wrapper Classes
Chapter 9 Inheritance
Chapter 10 Exceptions and Advanced File I/O
Chapter 11 GUI Applications—Part 1
Chapter 12 GUI Applications—Part 2
Chapter 13 Applets and More
Chapter 14 Creating GUI Applications with JavaFX
Chapter 15 Recursion
Chapter 16 Databases
Appendix A Getting Started with Alice 2
