Another Introduction to Programming with Java Book

249 Pages·2016·1.43 MB·English

by  Talbot Tim.

Another Introduction to Programming with
Java Book

Tim Talbot
Another Introduction to Programming with Java Book
Copyright © 2016 By Tim Talbot

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Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
About Me and Why I Decided To Write This Book
Who this book is for
Conventions used in this book
Problems with this book
Chapter 2: Where to Begin
Quick Overview
How to write a Java program
Setting up the Development Environment
Using Command Line (Windows Only)
Hello, World! (Compiling your first program)
Hello World is boring!
Formatting
Chapter 3: Variables and Operators
What is a variable?
Primitive data types
Strings
Type Casting
Arrays
The final keyword
Variable Scope
Operators
Arithmetic Operators
Unary Operators
Comparison (Equality and Relational) Operators
Conditional Operators
Chapter 4: Access Modifiers
Chapter 5: Conditional statements, Flow Control
What are conditionals?
If statements
else-if statements
else statements
The Ternary Operator
Switch Statements
Chapter 6: Loops
While loops
Do-While loops
For loops
For each loops (enhanced for loops)
Infinite loops
Nested Loops
Break and Continue
Chapter 7: Functions
What is a function?
Parameters/Arguments
Overloading
Chapter 8: Intermission
Chapter 9: Recursion
Chapter 10: ArrayList
Chapter 11: Static
Chapter 12: Classes
What is a Class?
Defining a Class
Class Definition
Declaring Variables
Class Constructor
Overloading the Constructor
The this keyword
Getters and Setters
Instantiating our Class
Dot Notation
Nested classes
Chapter 13: Error Handling
Dealing with Compiler Errors
Exceptions
Checked Exceptions and the catch or specify requirement
Unchecked Exceptions
Throwing and Catching
Exception Handlers
Throwing Exceptions
Custom Exceptions and Throwing New Exceptions
Chapter 14: Inheritance and Polymorphism
Why have Inheritance
Without Inheritance
With Inheritance
Polymorphism
Chapter 15: Interfaces
Chapter 16: Putting it all together
Packages
A University System
Chapter 17: Where to go from here
App Development
Storing Data
Graphical User Interface
JavaServer Pages (JSP)
Applets
Network Programming
Timing Code Execution
A Final Word
Appendix A
Chapter 1
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Chapter 6
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3a
Exercise 3b
Exercise 3c
Exercise 3d
Exercise 3e
Exercise 3f
Exercise 3g
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Chapter 12
main.java
Temperature.java
Chapter 14
Account.java
BankingSystem.java
BusinessAccount.java
CommercialAccount.java
PersonalAccount.java
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