Java 1.5 Program Design

by Jack W. Davidson, James P. Cohoon, James P. Cohoon; Jack W. Davidson

Book Overview

Java 1.5 Program Design is about the fundamentals of programming and software development using Java. It is targeted for a first programming course and has been designed to be appropriate for people... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0073207330
• ISBN13: 9780073207339
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
• Length: 919 Pages

Customer Reviews

Great book!

Class listings are not so unusable as other reviewer says. As for me, paper copy is more useful than online sometimes (I still like to read from paper instead of display most of time) Overall, really great book. Highly recommended!

Big Java 1.5 text

Overall not a bad book, but the title is misleading. Don't think that because the book is called "Java 1.5 Program Design" that it is about the design of Java programs. The book is really an introduction to Java programming. It's a big book and it covers a lot of ground. It seems to be designed as a college text book. At the end of each chapter there is a review and there are exercises. The first chapter has some unrelated information about buying a computer, and about microprocessors. They also explain what a millisecond is, what a microsecond is, etc. I'm not sure that kind of stuff really belongs in a Java book. Appendix E is a 200-page listing of Java standard classes. What a waste of paper! It would have been better if they had written 2 pages describing how to look that up online. Nobody goes to a hardcopy book for that anymore. But the book is comprehensive and does have what you need to know about Java, including the big 1.5 changes.