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Starting Out with Java: From Control Structures through Objects, 7th edition

Published by Pearson (February 16, 2018) © 2019

  • Tony Gaddis Haywood Community College
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For courses in computer programming in Java.

A step-by-step introduction to programming in Java

Starting Out with Java covers procedural programming, control structures and methods before introducing object-oriented programming to ensure that students understand fundamental programming and problem-solving concepts. As with all Gaddis texts, every chapter contains clear and easy-to-read code listings, concise and practical real-world examples and more.

With the 7th Edition, JavaFX has replaced Swing as the standard GUI library for Java in chapters that focus on GUI development. The Swing and Applet material from the previous edition is available online.

Hallmark features of this title

  • Clear, friendly and easy-to-understand language enhances the presentation.
  • Procedural programming is covered before objects, ensuring that students understand fundamental programming and problem-solving concepts.
  • Example Programs are practical, real-world examples provided in each chapter that test students' knowledge of important information.
  • Review Questions and Exercises appear in each chapter and present a thorough and diverse set of review questions and exercises.
  • Programming Challenges and Case Studies present real-world problems to be solved.

New and updated features of this title

  • NEW: 3 new chapters (Ch. 12 - 14) discuss basics of GUI applications with JavaFX, CSS styling and advanced user interface controls and 2D shapes, animation, visual effects, playing audio and video and responding to mouse and keyboard events.
  • NEW: Several new, motivational programming problems have been added throughout the book.
  • UPDATED: JavaFX has replaced Swing in the chapters that focus on GUI development.
  1. Introduction to Computers and Java
  2. Java Fundamentals
  3. Decision Structures
  4. Loops and Files
  5. Methods
  6. A First Look at Classes
  7. Arrays and the ArrayList Class
  8. A Second Look at Classes and Objects
  9. Text Processing and More about Wrapper Classes
  10. Inheritance
  11. Exceptions and Advanced File I/O
  12. JavaFX: GUI Programming and Basic Controls
  13. JavaFX: Advanced Controls
  14. JavaFX: Graphics, Effects, and Media
  15. Recursion
  16. Databases

About our author

Tony Gaddis is the principal author of the Starting Out With series of textbooks. He has nearly 2 decades of experience teaching computer science courses, primarily at Haywood Community College. Tony is a highly acclaimed instructor who was previously selected as the North Carolina Community College Teacher of the Year, and has received the Teaching Excellence award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development. The Starting Out With series includes introductory textbooks covering Programming Logic and Design, Alice, C++, Java™, Microsoft® Visual Basic®, Microsoft® Visual C#, Python and App Inventor, all published by Pearson.

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