Introduction to Java Programming, 8th Edition by Y. Daniel Liang
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Regardless of major, students will be able to grasp concepts of
problem-solving and programming — thanks to Liang’s fundamentals-first
approach, students learn critical problem solving skills and core
constructs before object-oriented programming. Liang’s approach has
been extended to application-rich programming examples, which go beyond
the traditional math-based problems found in most texts. Students are
introduced to topics like control statements, methods, and arrays before
learning to create classes. Later chapters introduce advanced topics
including graphical user interface, exception handling, I/O, and data
structures. Small, simple examples demonstrate concepts and techniques
while longer examples are presented in case studies with overall
discussions and thorough line-by-line explanations. Increased data
structures chapters make the Eighth Edition ideal for a full course on data structures.
