Object-Oriented Program Development Using Java: A Class Centered Approach (with CD-ROM) - Softcover

Bronson, Gary J.

9780534384555: Object-Oriented Program Development Using Java: A Class Centered Approach (with CD-ROM)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534384552 ISBN 13: 9780534384555

Publisher: Course Technology, 2004

Connecting with students of all levels in the Introductory Programming course, Gary Bronson builds the problem solving skills that students need to be successful in Computer Science. Bronson presents a new and unique method of introducing class and object-oriented design using familiar examples of recipes and product plans, both of which contain lists of procedures and materials. These fundamental ideas and design techniques are clearly applied throughout the text and further highlighted in the "Program Design and Development" sections in later chapters. This very well written text engages a wide variety of students. It includes a wealth of pedagogical learning aids to guide students while enriching the course for more advanced students with special features like the "Closer Look" boxes. Teaching object-oriented programming from the beginning, the book also introduces the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and provides an Internet Development Environment on the accompanying CD-ROM. Overall, this book equips students for success with a solid foundation in problem-solving and object-oriented programming.

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About the Author:

Dr. Gary J. Bronson is a Professor of Information Systems at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he has twice been voted Teacher of the Year. Dr. Bronson has worked as a senior project engineer at Lockheed Electronics, has been an invited instructor and consultant to Bell Laboratories, and has served as a software consultant to a number of Wall Street financial firms. He has also authored several successful programming textbooks on C, C++, and Java™ as well as articles on teaching Excel using incrementally reinforcing case studies.

Review:

"The strength of this book is that it doesn't leave any... students behind, as it is written at the appropriate level. It has very good breadth of coverage. I've never read a text like this with such great examples. The author should be commended for these."

"I like Bronson's use of metaphors to introduce and explain new concepts. The book...would be very readable to our students."

"(This) is a very good book...well-written with appropriate topics and a lot of examples and exercises. The main theme of the book--class first approach--is (a) great one."

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