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by: Gary B. Shelly, Thomas J. Cashman, Joy L. Starks, Michael Mick
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005
EAN: 9781418859848
ISBN: 1418859842
Label: Course Technology
Manufacturer: Course Technology
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 648
Publication Date: September 08, 2005
Publisher: Course Technology
Sales Rank: 771511
Studio: Course Technology
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Product Description:
Part of the highly successful Shelly Cashman Series, this text takes the project-oriented approach to learning introductory Java programming skills. With an emphasis on object-oriented programming concepts and real world examples, this book presents students with presents difficult programming concepts in a straightforward and exciting way!
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Rating: - Fast and Furious
I used this text for my first programming class. It jams a lot into 8 chapters (really 7 as the first doesn't hit you with much). I would prefer a little more of a chapter spread. In fact I would say this is a lousy intro to programming book. Now that I have been through a higher level programming class I am going back to this book and finding it more useful. The programming examples are quite complicated and makes a few assumptions on your level of understanding. The programming examples do not ... Read More
Rating: - New Edition
While I haven't yet read this book (for class), it should be noted that the (at this time) only review must be referring to a previous edition because the current edition is from late 2005, while his post is from 2002. I assume this new edition is updated.
Rating: - Good but outdated
This book is good for beginning programmers or for those who wanted to learn Java. The book is very detailed about the methodology of programming and such. However, as you continue along in the book (about chapter 3) you start finding more and more code errors in the examples you are working with. It makes it really hard to learn if the examples are wrong. Also, the Author doesn't follow his own rules in his consistancy of variable naming. I wouldn't buy this book if you are trying to learn ... Read More
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