Contents

• Preface
  Purpose/Goals
  The World's First Computer Programmer
  Our Logo’s Meaning
  Plan Your Work then Work Your Plan
  Acknowledgments
  Your Feedback is Needed!
  Further Reading
  Colophon
  
  
  
• Chapter One: The Basics
  What is Java?
  What is an Operating System?
  What is a Computer Program Language?
  What do We Need?
  A Computer
  The Java JDK
  Editors
  Graphical User Interface (GUI)
  IDE Programming Editors
  NetBeans
  Using NetBeans
  Eclipse
  Using Eclipse
  Text Editors
  Notepad in Linux
  Gedit in Linux
  Nano in Linux
  Terminal Mode/Command Line
  Creating Java programs
  What is Compiling in Java?
  PseudoCode
  PseudoCode Example
  Summary
  Key Terms
  Exercises
  References
  
  
  
• Chapter Two: Getting Started
  Let's Start Programming
  Documenting a Program
  Javadoc Comments
  What are Imports?
  What is a Class?
  Creating a Class
  What is a Method?
  Creating a Method
  Indentation
  Print Commands
      System.out.print
      System.out.println
      System.out.printf
  Summary
  Key Terms
  Exercises
  References
  
  
  
• Chapter Three: Basic Tools
  Numerical Systems
      Decimal Numerical System
      Binary Numerical System
      Why Binary?
      8 Bits Byte Samples
      Hexadecimal Numerical System
      ASCII Codes Table
      Unicode Standard
  Data Types
      Primitive Data Types
      byte
      char
      int
      short
      long
      float
      double
      boolean
      What Can We Do with Primitives?
      Problems Choosing the Wrong Data Types
      Creating a Variable and Assigning a Value to it
  Numerical Operators
  Other Operators
      Operators > and <
      Operators >= and <=
      Operators =, ==, !=
      Operators &&
      Operators ||
      Operator %
  Math Using Primitives
  Wrapper Data Types
  String Class Data Types
  First String Program
  Summary
  Key Terms
  Exercises
  References
  
  
  
• Chapter Four: Building a House
  Wrapper Data Types
  Calling Methods
      Methods That Do Not Pass Any Data
      Methods That Pass Data
      Methods That Return Data
      Pause Program
  Variables
      Global Variables
      Private - Final Variables
      Local Variables
  Reading The Keyboard Using Scanner Class
  Summary
  Key Terms
  Exercises
  References
  
  
  
• Chapter Five: if commands
  if command
      Plain if
      Other Plain if Example
      if_else
      if else if
      nested if
      ternary If
  Summary
  Key Terms
  Exercises
  References
  
  
  
• Chapter Six: Loops
  Loops
      for Loops
      while Loop
      Boolean Conditions in while Loops
      Endless while Loop
      do while Loops
      Enhanced for Loops (Summary)
  switch
      Limitations of the switch Command
      switch Command Using int as Input
      switch Command Using char as Input
  Summary
  Key Terms
  Exercises
  References
  
  
  
• Chapter Seven: Data Structures - Arrays
  Data Structures Arrays     One Dimension Array
      Declaring/Creating One Dimension Array
      Allocating Space to Declared Arrays
      Declare and Allocate at the Same Time
      Create, Allocate and Load Data into Arrays
      Load Data to a Declared Array
      Print all Values Inside This Array
      Multi Dimensional Arrays
      Two Dimension Arrays
      Two Dimensional int Arrays
      Two Dimensional String Arrays (Using Array's Length)
      Three Multidimensional Arrays
      Parallel Arrays
  Enhanced for Loops
  String Tokenizer
  Summary
  Key Terms
  Exercises
  References
  
  
  
• Chapter Eight: Data Structures - ArrayList
  ArrayList
  Iterator
  Using Iterator in an ArrayList
  Copying Arrays into an ArrayList Modify and Back
  Object Data Types
  Summary
  Key Terms
  Exercises
  References
  
  
  
• Chapter Nine: Data Structures - Files
  Files
      What is a File
      What is a Record
      Catching Errors Exceptions in Data Files
      Text Files
          Text Files Using FileWriter, PrintWriter, FileReader and BufferedReader
          Text Files Using the File Class
          Exceptions Handling
          Text Files Using the Formatter Class
          Text Files Using the Scanner Class
          Large Files. Writing and Reading
  Printing Numbers Using Decimal Format
  Binary Files
  Summary
  Key Terms
  Exercises
  References
  
  
  
• Chapter Ten: External Classes, Methods, This, Constructors
  External Classes
  Final Variables
  toString
  What is this?
  What is a Constructor?
  Simple Constructors
  What is Variable-Length Argument List in Methods?
  Object Data Types
  What is the Meaning of main( String arg[] )?
  Summary
  Key Terms
  Exercises
  References
  
  
  
• Chapter Eleven: GUI Simple Applications
  What is GUI (Graphical User Interface)?
  What are Dialog Boxes?
  Message Dialog Boxes
  Input Dialog Boxes
  What is a Frame?
  Creating a Frame
  Creating a Small Frame
  Creating a Full Size Frame
  Summary
  Key Terms
  Exercises
  References
  
  
  
• Chapter Twelve: Sorting and Recursion
  What is Sorting?
  Swap - Placing Data in Order
  Bubble Sort
  Recursion
  Summary
  Key Terms
  Exercises
  References
  
  
  
• Chapter Thirteen: Inheritance and Polymorphism
  What is Inheritance?
  Polymorphism
  Final Methods
  Final Classes
  Protected Classes Methods and Variables
  Summary
  Key Terms
  Exercises
  References
  
  
  
• Chapter Fourteen: Interfaces and Abstraction
  What is an Interface?
  Data Abstraction
  Data Abstraction vs Interfaces
  Summary
  Key Terms
  Exercises
  References
  
  
  
• Chapter Fifteen: Data Structures Implementations
  LinkedList
  Overloading
  Stacks
  Queue
  Summary
  Key Terms
  Exercises
  References
  
  
  
• Chapter Sixteen: Complex Programming
  Abstract Classes
  Caller Methods
  Classes Inside Classes
  Extends/Inhereting
  Interfaces
  Summary
  Key Terms
  Exercises
  References
  
  
  
• Chapter Seventeen: Miscellaneous
  Generic Methods
  Introduction to Java Collection Interface
  Overriding equals and toString Methods
  How to Reduce Typing
  ASCII Codes Program
  Javadoc
  Summary
  Key Terms
  Exercises
  References
  
  
  
• Glossary
  
  
  
• Index