Starting Out with Java: From Control Structures through Objects

by Tony Gaddis

KEY BENEFIT : In Starting Out with From Control Structures through Objects , Gaddis covers procedural programming—control structures and methods—before introducing objects in the latter part of the book. 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.

Introduction to Computers and Java; Java Fundamentals; Decision Structures; Loops and Files; Methods; A First Look at Classes; A First Look at GUI Applications; Arrays and the ArrayList Class; A Second Look at Classes and Objects; Text Processing and More about Wrapper Classes; Inheritance; Exceptions and Advanced File I/O; Advanced GUI Applications; Applets and More; Recursion.

For all readers interested in introductory programming.

Genres: Textbooks, Programming, Computer Science, Nonfiction, Reference, Education

987 pages, Paperback

First published January 30, 2009

Reviews

[Burrito von Ska]

The plot is a little hard to follow, but I'm powering thru it, hoping it gets better.

[Derek]

Awesome way to start out with Java. The only thing about this book is that it is geared towards complementing 1st year CS courses rather than purely self-taught programming. I'm of the latter so I did some additional work to make sure I knew each concept well enough and learn the relevant material for today's Java ecosystem.

I also disliked the way it taught the later portions, particularly with Swing and SQL. There are much better online tutorials out there.

This book should only be used for the fundamentals. The primary benefit of this book are the questions at the back of each chapter to make sure you know your stuff. Unfortunately, the answers are locked behind taking a CS course so you're SOL if you want to check your answers. It's fairly easy to troubleshoot and make sure the code is running properly though.

[Rory Armstrong]

A First class textbook. If you are an absolute beginner and wish to get to a good standard then I would absolutely recommend this book. It's full of information and hints and tips. Every chapter has checkpoints to test your knowledge, Common mistakes, and plenty of real-world programming challenges to actually help you put the things you learn into practise. The only failing is the redudent chapter on Applets as they aren't used these days, but for everything else, this is a perfect method to learn Java.
Highly recommended, and I wouldn't get into my software development job without it.

[George Samir]

It was the first programming book for me. Actually I've learned all programming basics from it. It's very great book to start learning programming.

[Ariyasacca]

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[Rachel Aranda]

Very useful book to learn Java for beginners. There was a lot of good code snippets and tips for students new to Java programming. Nice to see a textbook without excess graphics or pictures that actually is a textbook. Only thing I would change is if there would have been answers for the exercises in the back of the book. Didn't really appreciate hoping I was right.

[Carrieann Smith]

It was a good book to learn the basics. Well coordinated book with plenty of example and exercises.

[Katy]

Dear god, kill me. But really I found this book more useful than my professor's explanations.