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Preface for Instructors

Welcome to the eighth edition of Java: An Introduction to Problem Solving &

Programming. This book is designed for a first course in programming and
computer science. It covers programming techniques, as well as the basics of
the Java programming language. It is suitable for courses as short as one
quarter or as long as a full academic year. No previous programming experience
is required, nor is any mathematics, other than a little high school algebra. The
book can also be used for a course designed to teach Java to students who have
already had another programming course, in which case the first few chapters
can be assigned as outside reading.

Changes in This Edition

The following list highlights how this eighth edition differs from the seventh
edition:
■■ Correction of errors and edits for readability.
■■ The material on Java applets has been removed from the printed text but is
available as an online chapter.
■■ With the exception of JOptionPane the graphics supplements have changed
from Swing to JavaFX. The Swing chapters are available online. The JavaFX
material introduces drawing, layout, event handling, and common UI
controls.
■■ Examples of event-driven programming with the event handler in a
separate class, the main application class, an anonymous inner class, and
using lambda functions.
■■ Introduction to the Timeline and Scene Builder.

■■ Five new VideoNotes for a total of seventy seven VideoNotes. These

VideoNotes walk students through the process of both problem solving
and coding to help reinforce key programming concepts. An icon appears
in the margin of the book when a VideoNote is available regarding the
topic covered in the text.
■■ Ten new/revised Programming Projects.

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All of the code in this book has been tested using Oracle’s Java SE Development
Kit (JDK), version 8. Any imported classes are standard and in the Java Class
Library that is part of Java. No additional classes or specialized libraries are
needed.

Flexibility
If you are an instructor, this book adapts to the way you teach, rather than
making you adapt to the book. It does not tightly prescribe the sequence in
which your course must cover topics. You can easily change the order in which
you teach many chapters and sections. The particulars involved in rearranging
material are explained in the dependency chart that follows this preface and in
more detail in the “Prerequisites” section at the start of each chapter.

Early Graphics
Graphics supplement sections in each of the chapters. This gives you the
option of covering graphics and GUI programming from the start of your
course. The graphics supplement sections emphasize GUIs built using JavaFX.
Any time after Chapter 8, you can move on to the supplemental chapters on
GUI programming using Swing (Chapters 13 through 15), which are now on
the Web. Alternatively, you can continue through Chapter 10 with a mix of
graphics and more traditional programming. Instructors who prefer to
postpone the coverage of graphics can postpone or skip the graphics
supplement sections.

Coverage of Problem-Solving and Programming Techniques

This book is designed to teach students basic problem-solving and
programming techniques and is not simply a book about Java syntax. It
contains numerous case studies, programming examples, and programming
tips. In addition, many sections explain important problem-solving and
programming techniques, such as loop design techniques, debugging
techniques, style techniques, abstract data types, and basic object-oriented
programming techniques, including UML, event-driven programming, and
generic programming using type parameters.

Early Introduction to Classes

Any course that really teaches Java must teach classes early, since everything in
Java involves classes. A Java program is a class. The data type for strings of
characters is a class. Even the behavior of the equals operator (==) depends on
whether it is comparing objects from classes or simpler data items. Classes
cannot be avoided, except by means of absurdly long and complicated “magic
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1 and 2. Chapter 5 covers how to define classes. All
of the basic information about classes, including inheritance, is presented by
the end of Chapter 8 (even if you omit Chapter 7). However, some topics
regarding classes, including inheritance, can be postponed until later in the
course.
Although this book introduces classes early, it does not neglect tradition-
al programming techniques, such as top-down design and loop design tech-
niques. These older topics may no longer be glamorous, but they are informa-
tion that all beginning students need.

Generic Programming
Students are introduced to type parameters when they cover lists in Chapter
12. The class ArrayList is presented as an example of how to use a class that
has a type parameter. Students are then shown how to define their own classes
that include a type parameter.

Language Details and Sample Code

This book teaches programming technique, rather than simply the Java
language. However, neither students nor instructors would be satisfied with an
introductory programming course that did not also teach the programming
language. Until you calm students’ fears about language details, it is often
impossible to focus their attention on bigger issues. For this reason, the book
gives complete explanations of Java language features and lots of sample code.
Programs are presented in their entirety, along with sample input and output.
In many cases, in addition to the complete examples in the text, extra complete
examples are available over the Internet.

Self-Test Questions
Self-test questions are spread throughout each chapter. These questions have a
wide range of difficulty levels. Some require only a one-word answer, whereas
others require the reader to write an entire, nontrivial program. Complete
answers for all the self-test questions, including those requiring full programs,
are given at the end of each chapter.

Exercises and Programming Projects

Completely new exercises appear at the end of each chapter. Since only you,
and not your students, will have access to their answers, these exercises are
suitable for homework. Some could be expanded into programming projects.
However, each chapter also contains other programming projects, several of
which are new to this edition.
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