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Ivor Horton's Beginning Java: Java 7 Edition
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Ivor Horton
Find out why thousands have turned to Ivor Horton for learning Java Ivor Horton's approach is teaching Java is so effective and popular that he is one of the leading authors of introductory programming tutorials, with over 160,000 copies of his Java books sold. In this latest edition, whether you're a beginner or an experienced programmer switching to Java, you'll learn ho
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Paperback, 1117 pages
Published
September 27th 2011
by Wrox Press
(first published December 20th 2004)
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A good overall introduction to Java. Has a lot of software engineering flaws, especially when it comes to commenting and general planning for writing a program. For example, it will have this traditional for(int i=0; i<=MAX; i++){
...some code
(int j = 0; j <=i; j++) {
...more code
}
}
What did that algorithm do? What is i and j supposed to represent. If you were trying to decipher this you should rewrite it differently so it is self-documenting code. There are multiple other strange practices t ...more
...some code
(int j = 0; j <=i; j++) {
...more code
}
}
What did that algorithm do? What is i and j supposed to represent. If you were trying to decipher this you should rewrite it differently so it is self-documenting code. There are multiple other strange practices t ...more
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Ivor Horton is self-employed in consultancy and writes programming tutorials. He started out as a mathematician, but shortly after graduating, he was lured into messing about with computers by a well-known manufacturer. Horton's experience at IBM includes programming in most languages (like assembler and high-level languages on a variety of machines), real-time programming, and designing and imple
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“String saying = str1 + str2 + str3 + str4 + str5; the compiler implements this as: String saying = new StringBuffer().append(str1).append(str2). append(str3).append(str4). append(str5).toString();”
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