Introduction to Java Programming: Fundamentals First (6th Edition) (GOAL Series) [Paperback]

Y Daniel Liang (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 21, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0132237385 | ISBN-13: 978-0132237383 | Edition: 6

Using a fundamentals-first approach, Liang explores the concepts of problem-solving and object-oriented programming. Beginning programmers learn critical problem-solving techniques, then move on to grasp the key concepts of object-oriented and GUI programming using Java 5. Starts readers with essential problem-solving and programming concepts (control statements, methods, and arrays); moves on to object-oriented programming, graphical user interface (GUI), and applets; and finally introduces exception handling, binary I/O, and recursion. Enables readers to write short, interesting, graphical game programs early on (starting from Chapter 2). Offers an exceptionally broad range of carefully chosen examples; reinforces key concepts with objectives lists, introduction and chapter overviews, easy-to-follow examples, chapter summaries, review questions, programming exercises, and an interactive self-test. A useful reference for anyone interested in learning more about programming.

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About the Author

Y. Daniel Liang is the author and editor of the Prentice Hall Liang Java Series. His innovative Java texts have been adopted by many universities throughout the world. Dr. Liang is currently a Yamacraw professor of software engineering in the School of Computing at Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 704 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 6 edition (July 21, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0132237385
• ISBN-13: 978-0132237383
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175,521 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good start..., July 31, 2007

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This review is from: Introduction to Java Programming: Fundamentals First (6th Edition) (GOAL Series) (Paperback)

good for a start into programming with no experiance. easy to read. the book is geared to an old JBuilder version but you can skip those parts. the book does lack quite a bit when it comes to class methods but that what the java docs are for. this book give a intro into graphics which is hardly given enough info. It also covers the basics of applets. i would suggest getting the larger verison of this book that has more on gui i/o and data structures.

4 stars for easy reader basic info, and lacking more. you will need another book after this one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great for a beginner!, October 12, 2011

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(Bought from cilgor) I needed this book for class when I was a computer science major and I found it easy to follow. I've had other books that I prefer more but for a basic run down to Java, this was pretty good.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Well-organized and well-structured, good balance of length and detail, June 6, 2011

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I'm a computer engineering major, so I have experience programming (but not too much Java), and I bought this book to help with a summer project I embarked on to try to gain experience with Java. This book is the best I've seen as far as balancing difficulty and detail, and it's very well-organized. Another book I borrowed from a friend (Starting Out With Java) was big and heavy and spent a really long time on the very basic things and I had to read too much to learn anything useful. The Deitel book is very detailed and not structured in a logical way, so it's hard to look up how to do a particular thing. This book fixes both those problems, and I think I will be productive this summer. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone who has no experience programming (although I wouldn't recommend Java in general for that), but for anyone who has even a little experience, there's enough basic introduction and has room to grow.