Small Java How to Program, 6th Edition

This special edition of Java How to Program is up-to-date with the Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 1.5. It covers fundamental programming topics and provides several extra chapters so readers can include or omit material as needed. KEY TOPICS: Includes Recursion and Searching and Sorting chapters. Provides extensive complete programming exercises plus "What does this program do?", "What's wrong with this program?", "Complete the program" and "Modify the program" exercises. Covers text-file processing. Features coverage of special topics, such as pre- and postconditions, invariants, testing and debugging, ethics and software engineering. Includes a CD-ROM with every copy of the book that contains: (subject to change) Java™ 2 Platform, Standard Edition 1.5; Netbeans; JCreator LE; jEdit; jGRASP; BlueJ; Source code for all the book's examples; Hyperlinks to valuable Java™ demos and Internet resources. MARKET: A useful brief reference for programmers or anyone who wants to learn more about the Java programming language.

Table of Contents

(subject to change)


 1. Introduction to Computers, the Internet and the Web


 2. Introduction to Java Applications

 3. Introduction to Classes and Objects


 4. Control Statements: Part 1 


 5. Control Statements: Part 2 


 6. Methods: A Deeper Look 


 7. Arrays


 8. Classes and Objects: A Deeper Look

 9. Object-Oriented Programming: Inheritance 


 10. Object-Oriented Programming: Polymorphism



Appendix A. Operator Precedence Chart


Appendix B. ASCII Character Set


Appendix C. Keywords and Reserved Words

Appendix D. Primitive Types

Appendix E. Number Systems 


Appendix F. Unicode

Appendix G. Using the Java API Documentation

Appendix H. Creating Documentation with javadoc

Appendix I. Labeled break and continue Statements

Appendix J. Using the Debugger


Bibliography


Index