Beginning Programming with Java For Dummies

Barry Burd has been a professor of computer science and has trained programmers for business and industry. His other books include Java & XML For Dummies and Eclipse For Dummies.

Introduction. Part I: Revving Up. Chapter 1: Getting Started. Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Computer. Chapter 3: Running Programs. Part II: Writing Your Own Java Programs. Chapter 4: Exploring the Parts of a Program. Chapter 5: Composing a Program. Chapter 6: Using the Building Blocks: Variables, Values, and Types. Chapter 7: Numbers and Types. Chapter 8: Numbers? Who Needs Numbers? Part III: Controlling the Flow. Chapter 9: Forks in the Road. Chapter 10: Which Way Did He Go? Chapter 11: How to Flick a Virtual Switch. Chapter 12: Around and Around It Goes. Chapter 13: Piles of Files: Dealing with Information Overload. Chapter 14: Creating Loops within Loops. Chapter 15: The Old Runaround. Part IV: Using Program Units. Chapter 16: Using Loops and Arrays. Chapter 17: Programming with Objects and Classes. Chapter 18: Using Methods and Variables from a Java Class. Chapter 19: Creating New Java Methods. Chapter 20: Oooey GUI Was a Worm. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 21: Ten Sets of Web Links. Chapter 22: Ten Useful Classes in the Java API. Index.