Object-Oriented Program Development Using Java: A Class-Centered Approach, Enhanced Edition [Paperback]

Gary J. Bronson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0619217200 | ISBN-13: 978-0619217204 | Publication Date: March 11, 2005 | Edition: 2

Newly updated for JDK 5.0, best-selling author Gary J. Bronson's text provides students with a solid but gentle introduction to object-oriented Java programming in the first chapter. Objects and classes are defined in the context of a practical recipe analogy, ensuring that students will be able to grasp these challenging topics. Students will emerge from this text with the ability to code basic CS1 Java programming problems within a class-centered environment.

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About the Author

Gary J. Bronson is a Professor of Information Systems at Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU), where he was voted Teacher of the Year. He has worked at Lockheed Electronics, Bell Laboratories, and a number of Wall Street financial firms. He has also authored several successful programming textbooks on C, C++, and Java.

Product Details

• Paperback: 968 pages
• Publisher: Course Technology; 2 edition (March 11, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0619217200
• ISBN-13: 978-0619217204
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #837,062 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Dry Dry Dry, March 10, 2006

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This review is from: Object-Oriented Program Development Using Java: A Class-Centered Approach, Enhanced Edition (Paperback)

If you are a hardcore "geek" type where you love programming and books with a dry technical nature then this is for you. If you're like the rest of us, you'll have to move on from this. I'm using this in my Java class and it's just got me lost because it's pretty boring and I'm a visual learner. My background is web design but moving my way into development and programming. I have done some programming and when it's laid out to me properly, I don't have any problems. However, when it's very boring and "just there" then there are problems. I purchased "Head First Java" and even though I'm only part way in, page 40, I'm gotten more out of it than the class has given me. Not to mention my teacher is dry so that's a lose lose combination. I had to go beyond that class and class' book to get the information I need!