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Java: An Eventful Approach
by
Kim Bruce
Java, an object-oriented language with many standard libraries, offers both complexities and opportunities. This introductory book makes use of a new approach to understanding programming in Java. Provides an objects-first approach to programming. Introduces object-oriented graphics and writing methods early in the book. Motivates readers to use event-driven programmin
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Paperback, 720 pages
Published
August 8th 2005
by Pearson
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So, truth in advertising: this text was written by not one, not two, but _three_ of my former professors. But, while I certainly like the book well enough, it was my students who really endorsed it. As I noted in my review of Objects First with Java, finding a text that presents both the language and the conceptual design material well to the satisfaction of both teachers and students is really hard. But Eventful Java seems to fit the bill (in my classroom, at least).
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