Starting Out with Java: From Control Structures through Objects, Global Edition

About our author Tony Gaddis is the principal author of the Starting Out With series of textbooks. He has 20 years of experience teaching computer science courses, primarily at Haywood Community College. Tony is a highly acclaimed instructor who was previously selected as the North Carolina Community College "Teacher of the Year" and has received the Teaching Excellence award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development. The Starting Out With series includes introductory textbooks covering programming logic and design, C++, Java™, Microsoft® Visual Basic®, Microsoft® Visual C#, Python, Alice and App Inventor, all published by Pearson.

Introduction to Computers and Java
Java Fundamentals
Decision Structures
Loops and Files
Methods
A First Look at Classes
Arrays and the ArrayList Class
A Second Look at Classes and Objects
Text Processing and Wrapper Classes
Inheritance
Exceptions and Advanced File I/O
JavaFX: GUI Programming and Basic Controls
JavaFX: Advanced Controls
JavaFX: Graphics, Effects, and Media
Recursion
Databases

APPENDICES

JOptionPane Dialogs
The ASCII/Unicode Characters
Operator Precedence and Associativity
Java Keywords
Installing OpenJDK and Using the JDK Documentation
Installing and Working with JavaFX
Using the javadoc Utility
More about the Math Class
Packages
Working with Records and Random Access Files
Downloading and Installing Apache Derby
The QuickSort Algorithm
Named Colors
Answers to Odd-Numbered Review Questions

CASE STUDIES

Calculating Sales Commission
The Amortization Class
The PinTester Class
Parallel Arrays
The FeetInches Class
The SerialNumber Class
A Simple Text Editor Application Using Swing