Java Software Solutions with Access Code: Foundations of Program Design

by John Lewis and William Loftus

Book Overview

For courses in Java programming Empowers students to write useful, object-oriented programs Java Software Solutions establishes a strong foundation of programming techniques to foster well-designed... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0133594955
• ISBN13: 9780133594959
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 806 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.4" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Good (gentle) introduction to Java and good preparation for the AP Computer Science A Exam

I used this textbook to tutor a high school student for the AP Computer A exam and had a good experience with it. It is true that some of the explanations are simplified and do not always use technical language, but this is after all an introductory text and most likely to be used by high school students--perhaps some who have not had any previous preparation. The student I tutored scored a 5 on the AP Computer Science A exam. That is, of course, not all due to the textbook, but the point is that the textbook is adequate for its purpose if accompanied by good instruction, plenty of labs, and focus on the AP case study. By the way, you will find the textbook on the College Board's list of example textbooks for the AP computer science A course.

This is a good well written book

I am basically a math teacher with a lot of bright computer science students. Of all of the books currently available in Java for AP Computer Science, this was the hands down winner with the kids, especially amongst the one semester students who were taking the A test.

one of the Better java books out there

I hesitated to buy this book due to the high cost. However, as it was required by my first year compsci class, I bit the bullet and purchase a copy. I am quite satisfied with the purchase, this is clearly one of the better java books I have read to date.The code examples are to the point and explain the topic at hand fairly well and the technical style of the writing itself lends itself to clear explanation. the textbook includes a section on graphics and Gui in each section yet it is arranged so that you do not need to learn it. there are also a brief introduction to data structures toward the end of the bookAll in all, I highly reccomend this book for those completely new to programming

The greatest programming book I have ever seen.

Although many books claim that they are books for people with no programming knowledge, this book is by far the most understandable yet not oversimplified. Each example code is complete(not a code snippet), so we can copy, compile and execute it on the spot. The book never introduces any new materials unnecessarily until we cover the easier ones. Its explanations on object-oriented programming was especially great; I could not understand it when I read other books on programming at high school, but I grasped the idea with this one book. For example, the book uses many everyday examples to explain about the relationship between objects and classes. I finished my cs1 course but I still use it for reference. I recommend this book not only as a textbook but also for everyone who wants to start programming.

Good book with straight forward programming examples.

I recently completed a java course from a nearby college and this was the text book that was used. In my opinion, this is a fine book to use for learning the java programming language. The book has shown clear program examples of each topic, some were small programs and some larger programs that illustrated key point topics. I liked how the book had many appendixes such as glossary, API, coding guidelines, and many java classes and methods. The authors did an outstanding job on writing their ideas and concepts to be easy and understandable reading. I did a lot of my programming assignments just by looking at the book's examples and applied its concepts to my assignment. The book had minor shortcomings, in topics that needed further explanation such as event driven handling programming, program exceptions, and threads. My professor did a fine job in covering those areas in further detail. Overall, the book is a wonderful text and I recommend it to anyone that wants to learn the Java programming language.