Programming With Java: A Primer is for students who want to learn the programming language Java. It provides all the concepts and theories required to learn Java in a clear and concise manner. Not only are all features of Java programming aptly explained, the history of the development of Java is also explained so that students can understand the background and functionality of the language.
Programming With Java: A Primer provides students with exercises after each chapter. Debugging exercises and programs are provided for students to practice the application of JAVA programming concepts in computer programs.
All concepts of Java programming such as multithreading, decision making, event handling, arrays, strings, vectors and graphics are dealt with in detail. There is also a chapter on managing errors and exceptions to help students debug their programs in order to correct programs which are wrong. The book contains chapters like Overview of Java Language, Packages: Putting Classes Together, Graphics Programming, and Java Collections.
The 4th edition of Programming With Java: A Primer contains information on the latest updates of JAVA. This book contains new sections on event handling, AWT classes and strings. It also contains two new full fledged projects and model questions from Sun certified Java programming exams.
About E. Balagurusamy
E. Balagurusamy is an author, consultant and former member of the Union Public Service Commission.
His books include Object Oriented Programming with C , Programming in ANSI C, Computer Concepts and Programming in C, and Fundamentals of Computers.
He was born in Andipattikottai, Tamil Nadu. He is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He was the vice chancellor of Anna University, Chennai, and is currently the member of the planning commission in Tamil Nadu. E. Balagurusamy has written a number of books on programming. His books are very well known among students of computer science. He has been presented many awards like the Distinguished PSG Alumni Award, Author of the Year Award, Bharat Madha Fellowship, Bharat Vikas Award, and many other awards.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Object-Oriented Programming
Chapter 2: Java Evolution
Chapter 3: Overview of Java Language
Chapter 4: Constants, Variable and Data types
Chapter 5: Operators and Expressions
Chapter 6: Decision Making and Branching
Chapter 7: Decision Making and Looping
Chapter 8: Classes, Objects and Methods
Chapter 9: Arrays, Strings and Vectors
Chapter 10: Interfaces: Multiple Inheritance
Chapter 11: Packages: Putting Classes Together
Chapter 12: Multithreading Programming
Chapter 13: Managing Error and Exceptions
Chapter 14: Applet Programming
Chapter 15: Graphics Programming
Chapter 16: Managing Inputs/Output Files in Java
Chapter 17: Java Collections
Appendices
Appendix A: Java Language Reference
Appendix B: Java Keywords
Appendix C: Difference between Java C/C
Appendix D: Bit-level Programming
Appendix E: Java API Packages
Appendix F: Java Classes and their Packages
Appendix G: Assertion and Design by Contract
Appendix H: Java Version History
Appendix I: Deprecated Classes and Methods
Appendix J: Statistics of Java Packages
Appendix K: SCJP Exam Model Questions
Appendix L: Points to Remember
Appendix M: Common Coding Errors
Appendix N: Glossary of Java Terms
Appendix O: Projects
* Bibliography
* Index
