Java 5 Illuminated: An Active Learning Approach (Book & CD-ROM) [Paperback]

Julie Anderson (Author), Herve Franceschi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2005 | ISBN-10: 0763716677 | ISBN-13: 978-0763716677

Computer Science

Product Details

• Paperback: 1177 pages
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers (January 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0763716677
• ISBN-13: 978-0763716677
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #874,453 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent intro to Java 5, March 12, 2005

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Jim A. Noss - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Java 5 Illuminated: An Active Learning Approach (Book & CD-ROM) (Paperback)

The book is an excellent introduction to Java 5. This book does a very good job at teaching Object-Oriented Programming in an easy to understand progressive manner. All examples in this book are very instructional, and yes, the examples do compile. Kudos to the authors, Herve and Julie.

As an experienced Java programmer, I found this Java resource very useful in emphasizing my software engineeering practices and helping me to focus on designing and writing correct, maintainable java programs.

Chapter 4 detailing Applets and Graphics was very informative for me detailing methods for creating graphical output and drawing shapes and text.

In Summary, this resource is a must have for any Java Engineer's technical library.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice exercises, February 5, 2007

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The school I've been teaching CS I and CS II at for the last five years used this text for both classes recently. Some members of my department criticized it (fairly, I think) for being somewhat weak on OOP (user-defined classes don't come until Chapter 7 and even after that their use is not pervasive in the examples) and deficient in OOD. We were therefore switched to another text. I now find myself sorely missing the strengths of Java 5 Illuminated: the exercises. Each chapter has a _ton_ of exercies, many of the drill type (what's the output of this, what line completes that, etc) that are tedious to construct but that weaker students need in order to build confidence with syntax. The authors write most of the exercises without referring back to the examples they've used earlier in the chapter, which is a big plus for me since I usually write my own examples. Each chapter is written clearly if a bit simplistically. Until I find what I consider to be a 5-star text I would be happy to use Java 5 Illuminated again since the missing pieces in it are easier for me to make up for than the missing pieces in other texts.