Publisher's Synopsis
"Java Programming Today" is written with Johnston's "all of the things you need and none of the things you don't" approach to teaching a first programming language. Complete with Sun Microsystems' Java' 2 Software Development Kit, readers will be writing and running their own Java programs by Chapter 2. Reviewers find her style both informative and enjoyable. Topics relevant to today's Java programmer are included in the text. Other features include: object-oriented principles presented in easily understood examples; graphical user interface construction including common controls and menus; exception handling, Java I/O, JAR file and package creation, and CLASSPATH discussion; and program troubleshooting and debugging including use of Java's jdb debugger. The accompanying CD-ROM contains source code for all sample programs, Sun Microsystems' Java' 2 Software Development Kit, and jEdit, a Java source code editor. Instructors and users of this text will benefit from the following ancillaries: Instructor's Manual: 0-13-048624-8; TestGen: 0-13-048795-3; Companion Website: 0-13-048796-1; BlackBoard: 0-13-049833-5; Course Compass: 0-13049835-1.
