| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
| Series |
Beginner's Guide Ser |
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Beginner's Guide Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- About the Author -- About the Technical Reviewer -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Java Fundamentals -- The Origins of Java -- How Java Relates to C and C++ -- How Java Relates to C# -- Java's Contribution to the Internet -- Java Applets -- Security -- Portability -- Java's Magic: The Bytecode -- The Java Buzzwords -- Object-Oriented Programming -- Encapsulation -- Polymorphism -- Inheritance -- Obtaining the Java Development Kit -- A First Simple Program -- Entering the Program -- Compiling the Program |
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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 -- Chapter 2: Introducing Data Types and Operators -- Why Data Types Are Important -- Java's Primitive Types -- Integers -- Floating-Point Types |
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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 |
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Try This 2-2: Display a Truth Table for the Logical Operators -- Expressions -- Type Conversion in Expressions -- Spacing and Parentheses -- Chapter 2: Self Test -- Chapter 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 |
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The while Loop -- 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 -- Chapter 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 |
| Summary |
Fully updated for Java Platform, Standard Edition 8 (Java SE 8), this book begins with the basics, such as how to create, compile, and run a Java program and then moves on to the keywords, syntax, and constructs that form the core of the Java language. Also covers more advanced features, including multithreaded programming, generics, and Swing; new Java SE 8 features such as lambda expressions and default interface methods; and JavaFX, Java's newest GUI. The book includes Q & A sections, hands-on exercises, end-of-chapter quizzes, and example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated |
| Notes |
"Fully updated for Java SE 8 (JDK 8)"--Cover |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page xxiv) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from title page (Safari, viewed May 29, 2014) |
| Subject |
Java (Computer program language)
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Internet programming.
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Internet programming
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Java (Computer program language)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780071809269 |
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0071809260 |
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