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The BlueJ development environment was specifically designed to support introductory teaching of object-orientations and helps users grasp the complicated concepts of class structure. Unlike most books on the subject, this text uses BlueJ to get readers started on object-oriented programming from day one. Uses a spiral approach that introduces a topic in a simple context early on, then revisits it later to increase understanding; Offers an abundance of projects for hands-on practice; Chapters are ordered around software development concepts rather than language features; Language-feature introduction is naturally driven by problems to be solved; Chapters are based around distinct projects for more variety; Does not cover traditional topics like control structures. A useful reference for programmers.
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Barnes and Kolling (computer science, U. of Kent, UK) offer an updated introduction to object-oriented programming for beginners, focusing on general object-oriented and programming concepts from a software engineering perspective. The text is structured along fundamental software development tasks, with the first chapters designed for students with no programming experience, and later chapters suitable for more advanced students and professional programmers. For the fourth edition the authors have retained the concept and style of earlier editions, while making small changes throughout the text to improve the content. The accompanying CD-ROM contains all projects used as discussion examples and exercises in the text, and the Java development environment (JDK) and BlueJ for various operating systems. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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