Beginning Programming with Java For Dummies 1st editon by Barry Burd 1119806933 9781119806936

Part 1: Getting Started with Java Programming

Chapter 1: The Big Picture

What’s It All About?

From Your Mind to the Computer’s Processor

Your Java Programming Toolset

Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Computer

Let’s Get Started

If You Need More Details …

What’s Next?

Chapter 3: Running Programs

Running a Canned Java Program

Some Programs Don’t Come in Cans

What’s All That Stuff in the IntelliJ IDEA Window?

Part 2: Writing Your Own Java Programs

Chapter 4: Exploring the Parts of a Program

Checking Out Java Code for the First Time

The Elements in a Java Program

Understanding a Simple Java Program

Chapter 5: Composing a Program

Computers Are Stupid

Building an Echo Chamber

Make IntelliJ Do All the Work

Expecting the Unexpected

Chapter 6: Using the Building Blocks: Variables, Values, and Types

Various Variables and Ways in Which They Vary

What Do All Those Zeros and Ones Mean?

Reading Decimal Numbers from the Keyboard

Variations on a Theme

Experimenting with JShell

Chapter 7: Numbers and Types

Using Whole Numbers

Creating New Values by Applying Operators

Size Matters

Chapter 8: Numbers? Who Needs Numbers?

A Brief Character Study

The Moment of Truth (and Falsehood)

The Remaining Primitive Types

Part 3: Controlling the Flow

Chapter 9: Forks in the Road

Decisions, Decisions!

Making Decisions (Java if Statements)

Variations on the Theme

Chapter 10: Which Way Did He Go?

Forming Bigger and Better Conditions

Building a Nest

Enumerating the Possibilities

When One Line Isn’t Enough

Chapter 11: Around and Around It Goes

Repeating Instructions Again and Again and Again and Again

Where Does Each Statement Belong?

Priming the Pump

Chapter 12: Circling Back to Java Loops

Repeating Statements a Certain Number of Times (Java for Statements)

Repeating Until You Get What You Need (Java do Statements)

Part 4: The Inside ScOOP

Chapter 13: Programming with Objects and Classes

The Class Is Always Cleaner

From Classes Come Objects

Another Way to Think about Classes

What’s Next?

Chapter 14: Using Methods and Fields from a Java Class

Long Live the String!

Using an Object’s Methods

How to Achieve Static Equilibrium

The View from On High

Chapter 15: Creating New Java Methods

Defining a Method within a Class

Let the Objects Do the Work

Passing the Buck

Getting a Value from a Method

What Next?

Part 5: Smart Java Techniques

Chapter 16: Piles of Files: Dealing with Information Overload

Running a Disk-Oriented Program

Writing a Disk-Oriented Program

Writing, Rewriting, and Re-Rewriting

Chapter 17: How to Flick a Virtual Switch

Meet the switch Statement

A Switch in Time

Your Grandparents’ switch Statement

Using a Conditional Operator

Chapter 18: Creating Loops within Loops

Paying Your Old Code a Little Visit

Nested Development

Using Nested for Loops

Chapter 19: Out of Many, One

Some Loops in Action

Reader, Meet Arrays; Arrays, Meet the Reader

Working with Arrays

Looping in Style

When Good Arrays Go Bad

What to Do When Arrays Go Awry

Chapter 20: Oooey-GUI Was a Worm

Put Some Swing in Your Step

Drag-and-Drop for GUI Greatness

Part 6: The Part of Tens

Chapter 21: Ten Useful Classes in the Java API

ArrayList

File

Integer

JFrame

JOptionPane

Math

NumberFormat

Scanner

String

System

Chapter 22: Ten Bits of Advice for New Software Developers

How Long Does It Take to Learn Java?

Which of Barry’s Books Should I Read?

Are Books Other than Barry’s Good for Learning Java and Android Development?

Which Computer Programming Language(s) Should I Learn?

What Skills Other than Computer Coding Should I Learn?

How Should I Continue My Learning as a Software Developer?

How Else Should I Continue My Learning as a Developer?

How Can I Get a Job Developing Software?

I Still Don’t Know What to Do with My Life

If I Have Other Questions, How Can I Contact Barry Burd?

Index

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