| Preface | p. ix |
| Introduction to Java Programming | p. 1 |
| Computers and Programming Languages | p. 1 |
| Arithmetic Calculation: 2 + 2 | p. 2 |
| Ten Basic Features of Java | p. 3 |
| Compiling and Running a Java Program | p. 6 |
| Calculations | p. 9 |
| Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division | p. 9 |
| Including Output Labels | p. 10 |
| Variables of Type double (Real Numbers) | p. 11 |
| Assignment Statements | p. 13 |
| Rounding Numbers | p. 16 |
| Input from a Command Line Parameter | p. 17 |
| Character String (String) Variables | p. 18 |
| Integer (int) and Other Numerical Variables | p. 19 |
| Exercises | p. 23 |
| Applets | p. 24 |
| Calculation Example Applet | p. 24 |
| Applets and HTML | p. 26 |
| Publishing an Applet on the World Wide Web | p. 28 |
| Including Images in Applets | p. 29 |
| Adding Sound to an Applet | p. 30 |
| Which to Use: Application or Applets? | p. 31 |
| If | p. 33 |
| if/else Statements | p. 33 |
| Logical Conditions | p. 36 |
| And (andand), Or (\\), Not (!) | p. 36 |
| The switch Statement: Choosing Between Several Alternatives | p. 38 |
| Boolean Variables: true or false | p. 40 |
| Exercises | p. 42 |
| Loops | p. 43 |
| for Loop: Compound Interest | p. 43 |
| for Loop: General Form | p. 46 |
| Dates | p. 47 |
| Nested Loops | p. 48 |
| while Loops | p. 51 |
| Exercises | p. 54 |
| Arrays | p. 57 |
| Arrays and Subscripts | p. 57 |
| Arrays of Character Strings; Sorting | p. 61 |
| Two-dimensional Arrays | p. 64 |
| Vectors | p. 67 |
| Exercises | p. 68 |
| Strings | p. 70 |
| Operations on Strings | p. 70 |
| Concatenation (+) and length | p. 71 |
| Substrings | p. 72 |
| Removing Blanks: trim | p. 73 |
| Reversing Strings and Palindrome Testing | p. 74 |
| Finding Strings Within Strings: indexOf | p. 76 |
| Conversion Between Strings and Numbers | p. 77 |
| Unicode Values and Encryption | p. 79 |
| Exercises | p. 84 |
| Methods | p. 85 |
| Methods for Common Tasks: Rounding Numbers | p. 85 |
| Method Parameters | p. 87 |
| General Form: Method Declaration | p. 89 |
| Rounding Numbers: Improved Version | p. 90 |
| Inserting Commas and Other Strings | p. 91 |
| Making Methods Available in Public Classes | p. 94 |
| Methods for Playing Cards: Factorials, Combinations, and Probabilities | p. 97 |
| Recursion | p. 101 |
| Exercises | p. 105 |
| Objects and Classes | p. 106 |
| Including Values in a Boat Object | p. 106 |
| Including Methods in a Class | p. 110 |
| Multiple Objects (Instances) of a Class | p. 111 |
| Constructors | p. 114 |
| Arrays of Objects | p. 115 |
| Inheritance: Creating a Class by Extending Another Class | p. 117 |
| Constructors for Subclasses That Call the Superclass Constructor | p. 119 |
| Abstract Classes: No Objects Allowed | p. 120 |
| Polymorphism | p. 120 |
| Static Variables and Methods | p. 124 |
| Overriding Methods | p. 126 |
| Exercises | p. 135 |
| Graphics | p. 136 |
| Java Commands for Drawing and Filling Shapes | p. 136 |
| Smiling Face Applet | p. 140 |
| Converting a Java Applet to a Windows-based Java Application | p. 145 |
| Colors | p. 149 |
| Mathematical Curves | p. 151 |
| JAR Files | p. 161 |
| Time Series Line Graph | p. 162 |
| Fonts | p. 166 |
| Including a Graphing Method in Our Boat Class | p. 168 |
| Exercises | p. 171 |
| Files | p. 172 |
| Input and Output from Text Files | p. 172 |
| Generating the HTML File for an Applet | p. 172 |
| Writing to a File Named by the User | p. 175 |
| Reading from a Text File | p. 176 |
| Copying from One File to Another | p. 177 |
| Copying Selected Lines of One File to Another File | p. 178 |
| Alphabetizing the Lines in a File | p. 181 |
| Files of Objects | p. 183 |
| File Dialog Window | p. 186 |
| Exercises | p. 189 |
| Mathematical Operations | p. 190 |
| Square Root (sqrt) and Absolute Value (abs) | p. 190 |
| Trigonometric Functions (sin, cos, tan) | p. 191 |
| Polar Coordinates | p. 194 |
| Pie Charts | p. 197 |
| Logarithms and Exponential Functions | p. 202 |
| Numerical Integration | p. 204 |
| Exercises | p. 206 |
| Windows Programming: Mouse Clicks and Buttons | p. 210 |
| Windows, Events, and the Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT) | p. 210 |
| Mouse Clicks | p. 212 |
| Dynamic Graphs | p. 215 |
| Buttons | p. 219 |
| Outline Code | p. 220 |
| Programming with Buttons to Change Colors | p. 221 |
| Exercises | p. 227 |
| Windows Programming: Dialog Boxes and Menus | p. 228 |
| Message Boxes | p. 228 |
| Input Boxes | p. 233 |
| Check Boxes, Radio Buttons, and Choice Boxes | p. 235 |
| Menus | p. 241 |
| Including a Menu in an Applet | p. 250 |
| Exercises | p. 254 |
| Windows Programming: Keyboard Input, Printing, Scrolling, and the Clipboard | p. 255 |
| Text Fields | p. 255 |
| Key Events | p. 256 |
| A Printing Example: A Curve Graphing Program with an Adjustable Scale | p. 259 |
| Scrolling | p. 275 |
| Using the Clipboard in a Small Word Processing Program | p. 278 |
| Exercises | p. 287 |
| Programming Strategy | p. 288 |
| Computers and Programming Languages | p. 288 |
| Why Program in Java? | p. 289 |
| Guidelines for Writing Java Programs | p. 293 |
| Fixing Compiler Errors | p. 296 |
| Exceptions | p. 300 |
| Logic Errors | p. 302 |
| Games | p. 304 |
| Types of Computer Games | p. 304 |
| Scoreboard Timer | p. 305 |
| Quick Trivia Quiz Game | p. 308 |
| Football Strategy Game | p. 315 |
| Bouncing Balls | p. 322 |
| Exercises | p. 326 |
| Scientific Applications | p. 327 |
| Scientific Models | p. 327 |
| Navigating Across the Surface of the Earth | p. 328 |
| This Is Only the Beginning | p. 335 |
| Exercises | p. 336 |
| Appendices | |
| Summary of Java Keywords and Standard Packages and Classes | p. 340 |
| HTML | p. 343 |
| About the Disc | p. 345 |
| Standard Variable Names Used in This Book | p. 347 |
| Code Generator | p. 349 |
| Index | p. 358 |
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