Objects First with Java: A Practical Introduction Using BlueJ, Global Edition, 7th edition

Published by Pearson (March 12, 2025) © 2025

  • David J. Barnes University of Kent
  • Michael Kölling University of Kent
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For courses in object-oriented programming. 

A hands-on approach to functional programming.

Objects First with Java introduces object-oriented programming from a software engineering perspective. The text integrates BlueJ, an interactive Java development environment that visualises class structure. Students can create and test objects, offering a better understanding than they would from simply reading source code. Unlike traditional textbooks, the chapters are not ordered by language features but by software development concepts. 

The 7th Edition reflects the latest features and capabilities of Java with new material, code examples, GUI JavaFX code samples and more. It is thoroughly updated to include all recent Java language additions, and now introduces the concepts and technologies to support teams more formally.

Table of contents

  • I: Foundations of Object Orientation
  • 1. Objects and classes
  • 2. Understanding class definitions
  • 3. Object interaction
  • 4. Grouping objects
  • 5. Functional processing of collections (Advanced)
  • 6. More-sophisticated behavior
  • 7. Fixed-size collections: arrays
  • 8. Designing classes
  • 9. Well-behaved objects
  • II: Application Structures
  • 10. Improving structure with inheritance
  • 11. More about inheritance
  • 12. Further abstraction techniques
  • 13. Building graphical user interfaces
  • 14. Handling errors
  • 15. Designing applications
  • 16. A case study
  • Appendices
  • A. Working with a BlueJ project
  • B. Java data types
  • C. Operators
  • D. Java control structures
  • E. Running Java without BlueJ
  • F. Using the debugger
  • G. Unit unit-testing tools
  • H. Teamwork tools
  • I. Javadoc
  • J. Program style guide
  • K. Important library classes

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