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Building Java Programs: A Back to Basics Approach helps ensure you’re thoroughly prepared as you work through CS1 material. Taking a layered approach, it teaches objects later in the course; programming fundamentals and procedural decomposition are covered before diving into object-oriented programming.
The 6th Edition features new and enhanced topics, new programing exercises, new and revised case studies, expanded content on challenging concepts, and much more. This revision is now a digital-first text and integrated fully in Pearson’s Revel environment, which combines narrative text, video content, and other learning aids with scored coding exercises.
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