Starting Out with Java From Control Structures Through Objec

Tony Gaddis's accessible, step-by-step style helps beginning students understand the important details necessary to become skilled programmers at an introductory level. Gaddis motivates the study of both programming skills and a programming language by presenting all the details needed to understand the "how" and the "why"-but never losing sight of the fact that most beginners struggle with this material. His approach is both gradual and highly accessible, ensuring that students get the logic behind developing high-quality programs.In Starting Out with Java: From Control Structures through Objects, Gaddis covers procedural programming-control structures and methods-before introducing objects in the latter part of the book. As with all Gaddis texts, clear and easy-to-read code listings, concise and practical real-world examples, and an abundance of exercises appear in every chapter.Procedural programming-control structures and methods-is covered before objects ensuring that students understand fundamental programming and problem-solving concepts. The Third Edition isfully compatible with both Java(J2SE) 5.0 and the new version, Java 6.0. A clear and student-friendly writing style with stepped-out explanations motivates beginning programmers. Concise, practical, and real-world examples that students understand and relate to are included to foster motivation and retention. A variety of exercises in each chapter encourages students the chance to put concepts to work as they are learned. Each new copy of the Third Edition comes with a Student Resource Disk that includes source code, appendices, case studies, JDK 6.0, NetBeans® IDE, jGrasp® IDE, TextPad® Eclipse® and DrJava. MyCodeMate, available for the Third Edition, is a Web-based, textbook-specific homework tool and programming resource for an introduction to programming course. It provides a wide range of tools that students can use to help them learn programming concepts, prepare for tests, and earn better grades in the introductory programming course. Students can work on programming problems from this text or homework problems created by their professors, and receive guided hints with page references and English explanations of compiler errors. Instructors can assign textbook-specific or self-created homework problems, preset style attributes, view students' code and class compiler error logs, and track homework completion. A complimentary subscription is offered when an access code is ordered packaged with a new copy of this text. Subscriptions may also be purchased online. For more information visit www.myCodeMate.com.