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Java : a beginner's guide / Herbert Schildt

Author
Schildt, Herbert
Additional Titles
Sub-title on cover: Create, compile, and run Java programs today
Published
New York : McGraw-Hill Education, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Edition
Seventh edition.
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
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Contents
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Java Fundamentals -- The Origins of Java -- Java's Lineage: C and C++ -- How Java Impacted the Internet -- Java Simplified Web-Based Programming -- Java Applets -- Security -- Portability -- Java's Magic: The Bytecode -- Moving Beyond Applets -- The Java Buzzwords -- Object-Oriented Programming -- Encapsulation -- Polymorphism -- Inheritance -- Obtaining the Java Development Kit -- A First Simple Program -- Entering the Program -- Compiling the Program -- The First Sample Program Line by Line -- Handling Syntax Errors, A Second Simple Program -- Another Data Type -- Try This 1-1: Converting Gallons to Liters -- Two Control Statements -- The if Statement -- The for Loop -- Create Blocks of Code -- Semicolons and Positioning -- Indentation Practices -- Try This 1-2: Improving the Gallons-to-Liters Converter -- The Java Keywords -- Identifiers in Java -- The Java Class Libraries -- Chapter 1 Self Test -- 2 Introducing Data Types and Operators -- Why Data Types Are Important -- Java's Primitive Types -- Integers -- Floating-Point Types -- Characters -- The Boolean Type, Try This 2-1: How Far Away Is the Lightning? -- Literals -- Hexadecimal, Octal, and Binary Literals -- Character Escape Sequences -- String Literals -- A Closer Look at Variables -- Initializing a Variable -- Dynamic Initialization -- The Scope and Lifetime of Variables -- Operators -- Arithmetic Operators -- Increment and Decrement -- Relational and Logical Operators -- Short-Circuit Logical Operators -- The Assignment Operator -- Shorthand Assignments -- Type Conversion in Assignments -- Casting Incompatible Types -- Operator Precedence, Try This 2-2: Display a Truth Table for the Logical Operators -- Expressions -- Type Conversion in Expressions -- Spacing and Parentheses -- Chapter 2 Self Test -- 3 Program Control Statements -- Input Characters from the Keyboard -- The if Statement -- Nested ifs -- The if-else-if Ladder -- The switch Statement -- Nested switch Statements -- Try This 3-1: Start Building a Java Help System -- The for Loop -- Some Variations on the for Loop -- Missing Pieces -- The Infinite Loop -- Loops with No Body -- Declaring Loop Control Variables Inside the for Loop -- The Enhanced for Loop -- The while Loop, and The do-while Loop -- Try This 3-2: Improve the Java Help System -- Use break to Exit a Loop -- Use break as a Form of goto -- Use continue -- Try This 3-3: Finish the Java Help System -- Nested Loops -- Chapter 3 Self Test -- 4 Introducing Classes, Objects, and Methods -- Class Fundamentals -- The General Form of a Class -- Defining a Class -- How Objects Are Created -- Reference Variables and Assignment -- Methods -- Adding a Method to the Vehicle Class -- Returning from a Method -- Returning a Value -- Using Parameters -- Adding a Parameterized Method to Vehicle
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ISBN
9781259589324
1259589323
9781259589317
Note
"Fully updated for Java SE 9 (JDK 9)"--Cover
Includes index.
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