Introduction to Programming in Java: An Interdisciplinary Approach

by Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book.
Programming skills are indispensable in today's world, not just for computer science students, but also for anyone in any scientific or technical discipline. Introduction to Programming in Java, Second Edition, by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne is an accessible, interdisciplinary treatment that emphasizes important and engaging applications, not toy problems. The authors supply the tools needed for students and professionals to learn that programming is a natural, satisfying, and creative experience, and to become conversant with one of the world's most widely used languages. This example-driven guide focuses on Java's most useful features and brings programming to life for every student in the sciences, engineering, and computer science. Coverage includes
Basic elements of variables, assignment statements, built-in data types, conditionals, loops, arrays, and I/O, including graphics and sound Functions, modules, and organizing programs into components that can be independently debugged, maintained, and reused Algorithms and data sort/search algorithms, stacks, queues, and symbol tables Applications from applied math, physics, chemistry, biology, and computer science Drawing on their extensive classroom experience, throughout the text the authors provide Q&As, exercises, and opportunities for creative engagement with the material. Together with the companion materials described below, this book empowers people to pursue a modern approach to teaching and learning programming. Companion web site (introcs.cs.princeton.edu/java) contains
Chapter summaries Supplementary exercises, some with solutions Detailed instructions for installing a Java programming environment Program code and test data suitable for easy download Detailed creative exercises, projects, and other supplementary materials Companion studio-produced online videos (informit.com/sedgewick) are available for purchase and provide students and professionals with the opportunity to engage with the material at their own pace and give instructors the opportunity to spend their time with students helping them to succeed on assignments and exams. Register your product at informit.com/register for convenient access to downloads, updates, and corrections as they become available.

Genres: Programming, Textbooks, Technology, Computer Science, Science

784 pages, ebook

First published June 28, 2007

Reviews

[Yunhan Yang · Rating 5 out of 5]

Strongly recommended! It's an amazing book, more focusing on the introduction to programming rather than Java. The topics cover the programming applications on audio, graphics, images, statistics, daily life, maths (you will see how beautiful the maths is after reading this book), algorithms, etc. The Q & A and exercises are the most important parts should not be missed, although it's a bit of difficult to the new programming learner like me.
Just created a repository of the solutions of exercises in this book: github.com/rivertea/IntroToProgrammin...
You may help to improve the solutions together.

[Chris Herdt · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great introduction to Java. Some of the examples include image processing and audio processing: once you get through this, you'll not only have a solid background in Java but you'll actually be able to do some interesting things in the language as well.

[Katherine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is appealing to those inclined to learning Java beyond the basics. The author sure didn't run out of examples, mostly applications of mathematical theories.

There are very interesting things like creating and manipulating graphics in Java.