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Agile Java Crafting Code with Test-Driven Development

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ISBN-10: 0131482394

ISBN-13: 9780131482395

Edition: 2005

Authors: Jeff Langr

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Agile Java is a valuable tutorial and reference. It introduces the Java languagewith no assumptions about a developer's background in Java, object-orienteddevelopment, or TDD. The book will also retain significant value as acookbook that readers will turn to time and again to learn how to approachTDD with respect to various language features.Teh author stresses the importance of TDD by showing coded tests for everyJava feature taught. A programmer learning with this book will understand howto translate oral requirements into tests, and tests into working code. Readersalso learn how TDD impacts the design of the system, and vice versa. In short,anyone who wants to understand what it takes to…    
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Book details

List price: $59.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 2/14/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 792
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English

About the Author
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Who Is This Book For?
What This Book Is Not How to Use
This Book Exercises Conventions Used in This Book
An Agile Overview
What Is "Agile?"
What Is Java?
Why OO?
What Is an Object?
What Are Classes?
Why UML?
What Is Inheritance?
Why Test-Driven Development?
Setting Up
Software You''ll Need Does It Work?
Compiling Hello World Executing Hello World Still Stuck?
Getting Started
Testing Design A Simple Test Junit
Adding a Test Creating a Student
Creating the Student Class Constructors
Local Variables Returning a Value from a Method
Assertions Instance Variables
Summarizing the Test Refactoring this private
Naming Conventions Whitespace
Exercises
Java Basics
CourseSession Enrolling Students int Initialization
Default Constructors Suites
The SDK and java.util.ArrayList
Adding Objects Incremental Refactoring
Objects in Memory Packages and the import Statement
The java.lang Package
The Default Package and the package Statement
The setup Method More Refactoring Class
Constants Dates Overload Constructors
Deprecation Warnings Refactoring Creating Dates with Calendar
Comments Javadoc Comments
Exercises
Strings and Packages
Characters and Strings Strings String
Builder System Properties
Looping Through All Students Single-Responsibility
Principle Refactoring System.out
Using System.out Refactoring Package
Structure Access Modifiers Using Ant
Exercises
Class Methods and Fields
Class Methods Class Variables
Operating on Class Variables with Class Methods
Static Import Incrementing Factory Methods
Simple Design Static Dangers
Using Statics: Various Notes
Jeff''s Rule of Statics Booleans Tests as Documentation
More on Initialization Exceptions Revisiting
Primitive-Type Field Initialization
Exercises
Interfaces and Polymorphism
Sorting: Preparation Sorting: Collections.sort
Course Report Test Interfaces
Why Interfaces Implementing Comparable
Sorting on Department and Number
The if Statement Grading Students
Floating-Point Numbers Testing
Grades Refactoring Enums Polymorphism
Using Interface
References
ArrayList and the List Interface
Exercises
Inheritance
The switch Statement Case Labels
Are Just Labels Maps Inheritance Abstract Classes
Extending Methods Refactoring
Enhancing the Grade Enum Summer Course
Sessions Calling Superclass Constructors Refactoring
More on Constructors Inheritance and Polymorphism
The Principle of Subcontracting
Exercises
Legacy Elements
Looping Constructs Breaking Up a Student''s Name
The while Loop Comparing Java Loops
Refactoring Looping Control Statements
The Ternary Operator Legacy Collections Iterators
Iterators and the for-each Loop Casting
Wrapper Classes Arrays Refactoring
Exercises
Exceptions and Logging
Exceptions Dealing With Exceptions
Checked Exceptions
Exception Hierarchy Creating
Your Own Exception Type Checked Exceptions vs. Unchecked
Exceptions Messages Catching Multiple
Exceptions Rethrowing
Exceptions Stack Traces
The finally Block Refactoring Logging
Logging in Java Testing Logging
Logging to Files Testing Philosophy for Logging
More on File Handler Logging Levels Logging
Hierarchies Additional Notes on Logging
Exercises
Maps and Equality
Logical Operators Short-Circuiting Hash Tables Courses
Refactoring Session Equality
The Contract for Equality Apples and Oranges
Collections and Equality Hash Tables
Collisions An Ideal Hash Algorithm
A Final Note on hashCode
More on Using HashMaps
Additional Hash Tables and Set Implementations toString
Strings and Equality
Exercises
Mathematics
BigDecimal More on Primitive Numerics
Integer Math Numeric Casting Expression
Evaluation Order NaN Infinity Numeric
Overflow Bit Manipulation Java.lang.Math Numeric
Wrapper Classes Random Numbers
Exercises
IO. Organization Character Streams
Writing to a File Java.io.File
Byte Streams and Conversion
A Student User Interface Testing the Application
Data Streams Course