Product Description

Combining the Deitel™ signature Live-Code™ Approach with a new Application-Driven™ methodology, this book uses a step-by-step tutorial approach to begin teaching the basics of programming, builds upon previously learned concepts, and introduces new programming features in each successive tutorial. KEY TOPICS This comprehensive introduction to Java covers GUI design, swing components, methods, classes, data types, control statements, arrays, object-oriented programming, strings and characters, sequential files and more. It also includes higher-end topics such as database programming, multimedia and graphics, and Web applications development. For individuals beginning their mastery of Java Programming.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #408293 in Books
• Published on: 2003-08-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 1300 pages

Review

"This book is a wonderful way to get started in Java for those who learn best by doing; you don't just read about language constructs, you build real modern computer applications that demonstrate them as you follow the step-by-step tutorials." — Paul Mclachian, Compuware Corporation

"A great choice for business computing students-lots of sample programs and programming problems. Swing applications are integrated from the beginning and the book focuses on problem-solving logic." — Merrill Parker, Ph.D, Information Systems Technology, Chattanooga State

"What especially impresses me about this text is the absolutely wonderful set of exercises that the authors have included to motivate students to learn programming. I'm really looking forward to using this text in the classroom." — Ed Weihrauch, Community College of Allegheny County

"The seamless integration of UML, object-oriented programming and design, and GUI concepts make this text an excellent choice for introductory programmers looking for a springboard into advanced technologies." — Gavin T. Osborne, Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology

"A terrific book appropriate for any Java IDE-it doesn't flinch at the challenging concepts behind object-oriented programming in Java, yet it takes students through step by step in a straightforward, readable style." — Catherine Wyman, Senior Professor, DeVry University

"A student who had missed my classes on arrays was having a hard time, so she borrowed Tutorial 8 as I was reviewing your draft manuscript. She came back and said she understood arrays. She is very excited about the book." — Craig W. Slinkman, Ph.d, University of Texas, Arlington

From the Back Cover
Combining the Deitel™ signature Live-Code™ Approach with a new Application-Driven™ methodology, this book uses a step-by-step tutorial approach to begin teaching the basics of programming, builds upon previously learned concepts, and introduces new programming features in each successive tutorial. This comprehensive introduction to Java covers GUI design, swing components, methods, classes, data types, control statements, arrays, object-oriented programming, strings and characters, sequential files and more. It also includes higher-end topics such as database programming, multimedia and graphics, and Web applications development. For individuals beginning their mastery of Java Programming.

About the Author

Dr. Harvey M. Deitel, Chairman of Deitel & Associates, Inc., has 42 years experience in the computing field, including extensive industry and academic experience. Dr. Deitel earned B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from Boston University. He worked on the pioneering virtual-memory operating-systems projects at IBM and MIT that developed techniques now widely implemented in systems such as UNIX, Linux and Windows XP He has 20 years of college teaching experience and served as the Chairman of the Computer Science Department at Boston College before founding Deitel & Associates, Inc., with his son, Paul J. Deitel. He is the author or co-author of several dozen books and multimedia packages. With translations published in numerous foreign languages, Dr. Deitel's texts have earned international recognition. Dr. Deitel has delivered professional seminars to major corporations, government organizations and various branches of the military.

Paul J. Deitel, CEO and Chief Technical Officer of Deitel & Associates, Inc., is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management, where he studied information technology. Through Deitel & Associates, Inc., he has delivered professional seminars to numerous industry and government clients and has lectured on C++ and Java for the Boston Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery. He and his father, Dr. Harvey M. Deitel, are the world's best-selling Computer Science textbook authors.

Jeff A. Listfield is a Computer Science graduate of Harvard University. His coursework included classes in computer graphics, networks and computational theory and he has programming experience in several languages. Jeff has co-authored C# How to Program, C# A Programmer's Introduction and C# for Experienced Programmers, and contributed to Perl How to Program and Java How to Program, 5/e.

Cheryl H. Yaeger, Director of Microsoft Software Publications with Deitel & Associates, Inc., graduated from Boston University in three years with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science. Cheryl has co-authored various Deitel & Associates, Inc. publications, including C# How to Program, C#: A Programmer's Introduction, C# for Experienced Programmers and Visual Basic.NET for Experienced Programmers. Cheryl has also contributed to other Deitel & Associates publications including Perl How to Program, Wireless Internet and Mobile Business How to Program, Internet and World Wide Web How to Program, 2/e, Visual Basic.NET How to Program, 2/e and Simply Visual Basic.NET.

Su Zhang holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Science from McGill University. Her graduate research included modeling and simulation, real-time systems and Java technology. She worked on Java and Web-technologies-related projects prior to joining Deitel. She has contributed to several Deitel Publications including Advanced Java 2 Platform How to Program, Python How to Program, Java How to Program, 5/e and she co-authored Java Web Services for Experienced Programmers.

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Customer Reviews

a fantastic computer programming book
As a compulsive computer programming autodidact, I rate *Simply Java* the best computer language book I have ever read. Java is a hard language to learn. Most books get you bogged down in abstract exercises. *Simply Java* gets you writing practical GUI applications almost immediately. It's worth every penny. I'm going to stop writing this review right now and study another chapter.

Wonderful introduction to java programming
I have been a mainframe developer for 16 years and very resistant to switch to objected oriented programming. Let me tell you something: "Simply Java Programming" has changed my attitude. For the first time, I finished a compuer book from cover to cover and enjoyed every bit of it!!! I've recommended the book to my colleagues and one of them just purchased the same book yesterday.

What I like most about this book is the practical / tutorial approach which got me interested in the JAVA world.

Not for serious programmers
This is a text book such as a high school or junior college might use to support a Java class. There are lots of excercises, the programs come quickly. But the book does a poor job of teaching the basic precepts of Java.