Fundamentals of Java Programming, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018

Making extensive use of examples, this textbook on Java programming teaches the fundamental skills for getting started in a command-line environment. Meant to be used for a one-semester course to build solid foundations in Java, Fundamentals of Java Programming eschews second-semester content to concentrate on over 180 code examples and 250 exercises.

Key object classes (String, Scanner, PrintStream, Arrays, and File) are included to get started in Java programming. The programs are explained with almost line-by-line descriptions, also with chapter-by-chapter coding exercises.

1 Java and the Java Virtual Machine.- 2 Our First Programs.- 3 Using Data for Computation.- 4 Reading Keyboard Input.- 5 Decomposing Code into Components.- 6 Passing Values to and from Methods.- 7 For-Loops.- 8 Using Conditions to Control the Flow.- 9 Formatted Printing using printf.- 10 String Methods for Text Processing.- 11 Branching Using Switch Segments.- 12 While and Do-while Loops.- 13 Arrays.- 14 Class Arrays, Resizing Arrays, and Arrays with Capacity.- 15 Multidimensional Arrays.- 16 Class File.- 17 Designing Object Classes.- 18 Interfaces, Subclasses, Inheritance, and Polymorphism.- 19 Cumulative Algorithms.- 20 Recursive Algorithms. 

Key object classes (String, Scanner, PrintStream, Arrays, and File) are included to get started in Java programming Concise coverage of the fundamental conceps of Java programming uses line-by-line descriptions of code examples, without using graphics Source codes of the code examples available electronically An ample amount of exercise (250+) are included for each chapter, with a solutions manually available A complete set of lectures slides available to instructors