Java: An Introduction to Computer Science and Programming

by Walter J. Savitch

Best-selling author, Walter Savitch, uses a conversational style to teach programmers problem solving and programming techniques with Java. Readers are introduced to object-oriented programming and important computer science concepts such as testing and debugging techniques, program style, inheritance, and exception handling. It includes thorough coverage of the Swing libraries and event driven programming. The Java coverage is a concise, accessible introduction that covers key language features. Thorough early coverage of objects is included, with an emphasis on applications over applets. The author includes a highly flexible format that allows readers to adapt coverage of topics to their preferred order. Although the book does cover such more advanced topics as inheritance, exception handling, and the Swing libraries, it starts from the beginning, and it teaches traditional, more basic techniques, such as algorithm design. The volume provides concise coverage of computers and Java objects, primitive types, strings, and interactive I/O, flow of control, defining classes and methods, arrays, inheritance, exception handling, streams and file I/O, recursion, window interfaces using swing objects, and applets and HTML. For Programmers.

Genres: Reference, Programming, Textbooks, Science

976 pages, Paperback

First published April 7, 1998

Reviews

[Abdallah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helped me through the darkest days!

[Michael Cinco · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Book that thought me Programming :)

[Cashlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m really not an authority on computer science at all and I did not do the exercises inside but I felt like it was a great book for an introduction to programming concepts