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9781491929568 English 1491929561 Currently used at many colleges, universities, and high schools, this hands-on introduction to computer science is ideal for people with little or no programming experience. The goal of this concise book is not just to teach you Java, but to help you think like a computer scientist. You'll learn how to program-a useful skill by itself-but you'll also discover how to use programming as a means to an end. Authors Allen Downey and Chris Mayfield start with the most basic concepts and gradually move into topics that are more complex, such as recursion and object-oriented programming. Each brief chapter covers the material for one week of a college course and includes exercises to help you practice what you've learned. Learn one concept at a time: tackle complex topics in a series of small steps with examples Understand how to formulate problems, think creatively about solutions, and write programs clearly and accurately Determine which development techniques work best for you, and practice the important skill of debugging Learn relationships among input and output, decisions and loops, classes and methods, strings and arrays Work on exercises involving word games, graphics, puzzles, and playing cards, If you want to under computer science, but have no programming experience, this book is for you. Think Java starts with the most basic programming concepts and carefully defines every term when it's first used. The authors then develop each new concept in a logical progression. Larger pieces like recursion and object-oriented programming are divided into a sequence of smaller steps and introduced over the course of several chapters. This book is also concise. Each chapter is 12-14 pages and covers the material for one week of a college course. Rather than present a comprehensive presentation of Java, the authors instead focus on the tools of software design, starting with small functions and basic algorithms, and working up to object-oriented design. Readable: while most other books forget to define terms or introduce too much material at once, Think Java is careful to define all terms and present difficult topics gradually One concept at a time: breaks the topics that give students the most trouble into a series of small steps so that students can exercise new concepts before continuing Balance of language and concepts: the book is not primarily about Java, but uses Java examples to demonstrate software engineering concepts Think Java is appropriate as a textbook in an introductory college or high school class. The book is currently in use at several colleges, universities, and high schools. It's appropriate for people learning Java as a first language, including students learning on their own and professionals who are retraining., If you want to understand computer science, but have no programming experience, this book is for you. Think Java starts with the most basic programming concepts and carefully defines every term when it's first used. The authors then develop each new concept in a logical progression. Larger pieces like recursion and object-oriented programming are divided into a sequence of smaller steps and introduced over the course of several chapters. This book is also concise. Each chapter is 12-14 pages and covers the material for one week of a college course. Rather than present a comprehensive presentation of Java, the authors instead focus on the tools of software design, starting with small functions and basic algorithms, and working up to object-oriented design. Readable: while most other books forget to define terms or introduce too much material at once, Think Java is careful to define all terms and present difficult topics gradually One concept at a time: breaks the topics that give students the most trouble into a series of small steps so that students can exercise new concepts before continuing Balance of language and concepts: the book is not primarily about Java, but uses Java examples to demonstrate software engineering concepts Think Java is appropriate as a textbook in an introductory college or high school class. The book is currently in use at several colleges, universities, and high schools. It's appropriate for people learning Java as a first language, including students learning on their own and professionals who are retraining.
9781491929568 English 1491929561 Currently used at many colleges, universities, and high schools, this hands-on introduction to computer science is ideal for people with little or no programming experience. The goal of this concise book is not just to teach you Java, but to help you think like a computer scientist. You'll learn how to program-a useful skill by itself-but you'll also discover how to use programming as a means to an end. Authors Allen Downey and Chris Mayfield start with the most basic concepts and gradually move into topics that are more complex, such as recursion and object-oriented programming. Each brief chapter covers the material for one week of a college course and includes exercises to help you practice what you've learned. Learn one concept at a time: tackle complex topics in a series of small steps with examples Understand how to formulate problems, think creatively about solutions, and write programs clearly and accurately Determine which development techniques work best for you, and practice the important skill of debugging Learn relationships among input and output, decisions and loops, classes and methods, strings and arrays Work on exercises involving word games, graphics, puzzles, and playing cards, If you want to under computer science, but have no programming experience, this book is for you. Think Java starts with the most basic programming concepts and carefully defines every term when it's first used. The authors then develop each new concept in a logical progression. Larger pieces like recursion and object-oriented programming are divided into a sequence of smaller steps and introduced over the course of several chapters. This book is also concise. Each chapter is 12-14 pages and covers the material for one week of a college course. Rather than present a comprehensive presentation of Java, the authors instead focus on the tools of software design, starting with small functions and basic algorithms, and working up to object-oriented design. Readable: while most other books forget to define terms or introduce too much material at once, Think Java is careful to define all terms and present difficult topics gradually One concept at a time: breaks the topics that give students the most trouble into a series of small steps so that students can exercise new concepts before continuing Balance of language and concepts: the book is not primarily about Java, but uses Java examples to demonstrate software engineering concepts Think Java is appropriate as a textbook in an introductory college or high school class. The book is currently in use at several colleges, universities, and high schools. It's appropriate for people learning Java as a first language, including students learning on their own and professionals who are retraining., If you want to understand computer science, but have no programming experience, this book is for you. Think Java starts with the most basic programming concepts and carefully defines every term when it's first used. The authors then develop each new concept in a logical progression. Larger pieces like recursion and object-oriented programming are divided into a sequence of smaller steps and introduced over the course of several chapters. This book is also concise. Each chapter is 12-14 pages and covers the material for one week of a college course. Rather than present a comprehensive presentation of Java, the authors instead focus on the tools of software design, starting with small functions and basic algorithms, and working up to object-oriented design. Readable: while most other books forget to define terms or introduce too much material at once, Think Java is careful to define all terms and present difficult topics gradually One concept at a time: breaks the topics that give students the most trouble into a series of small steps so that students can exercise new concepts before continuing Balance of language and concepts: the book is not primarily about Java, but uses Java examples to demonstrate software engineering concepts Think Java is appropriate as a textbook in an introductory college or high school class. The book is currently in use at several colleges, universities, and high schools. It's appropriate for people learning Java as a first language, including students learning on their own and professionals who are retraining.