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Java Software Solutions: Foundations of Program Design Paperback – 1 October 1997

by John Lewis (Author), William Loftus (Author)
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Pitched at the beginner, this text teaches how to design and implement high-quality software programs using Java. The authors emphasize problem solving by understanding the requirements, exploring options, and designing conceptually clean solutions. They also seek to demonstrate the Java features in realistic ways.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0201571641
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0201571646
  3. Publisher
    Addison Wesley
  4. Publication date
    1 October 1997
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    3.81 x 19.05 x 23.5 cm
  7. Print length
    784 pages
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Addison Wesley (1 October 1997)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 784 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0201571641
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0201571646
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 3.81 x 19.05 x 23.5 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
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library
5.0 out of 5 stars Great seller
Reviewed in Canada on 13 March 2018
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Great service! Highly recommend
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Gabriel
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great beginners book to java!
Reviewed in the United States on 24 March 2009
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I am about half way through this book and so far it gets two thumbs up from me. This is my second programming book, my first was 'Python Programming for the absolute beginner(2ed)' by Michael Dawson, which i thought was excellent, especially for the price! If you are utterly new to the programming scene and don't want to learn a particular language i would recommend that book because it's great at explaining basic programming concepts, and Python is a relatively easy language to pick up. But enough about that, let's talk about this book and why i think it's a great learning resource and have no idea why some people gave it one star(even after reading their explanations).

the GOOD:
~no BS, no "let's add jokes to every other paragraph in the book when it's not necessary to make it appeal more to the masses" who the publishers must think are idiots or dummies;) This is a textbook, it reads like one, there is no program jargon that isn't explained in the text. Wow, a book that treats me like an adult, yaya.
~great layout, before every chapter you're given bullet points of what that chapter consist of
~all chapters are layed out in a clear fashion
~lots of color, great examples, charts, etc
~Tons of examples, and the examples are in color, similiar to how they will look in your IDE(i use NetBeans).
~key concepts throughout every chapter
~end of chapter programming projects to work through(actual hands on coding)
~end of section word problems(all answers supplied in back of book)
~comes with a cd including different IDE's and the java language
~and probably my favorite feature(which no one has mentioned); VIDEO NOTES! Usually about 5-6 a chapter, accessed through the website provided by the book. These video notes are the author actually working through some of the sample code and atleast one of the programming projects at the end of the chapter. Again, there are video notes for all chapters, very well done, he takes you through the most important aspects of each chapter by using code, very hands on. There are about 5 mins a video, and he doesn't rush through it. I found the feature to be extremly beneficial when ever i felt lost.

the BAD:
~none really come to mind, maybe more video notes would be nice.

Bottom line: This is a great book, java is an interesting and beneficial language to learn, i definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in learning java. This book doesn't treat you like a child, nor an expert, just an adult who wants to learn java.
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Roger
5.0 out of 5 stars super pour un debutant en
Reviewed in Canada on 9 March 2016
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decrit parfaitement le cours dont je m'attendais. super pour un debutant en java
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Christopher J. Dimoulis
5.0 out of 5 stars Good for starting to learn Java
Reviewed in the United States on 11 May 2010
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Instead of just giving an opinion I'll give you the facts of my use of this book. I bought this book because it was to be used for my intro to programming course using java. I bought it 2 months before the class and decided to start going through it (I know, overachiever). I had no prior programming experience what so ever. I found it very easy to go through. Sure some parts were difficult, but that was because this was new to me. Before class even started I had a decent grasp on the basics and was able to do my own program experimentation using the Java API. Then the class just reinforced all that I had learned and went very smoothly. True the book is not exhaustive on the java language, but it is great for learning the foundation.

I felt the examples were very helpful and specific to what they were trying to express. I was able to better understand new concepts just by tracing some of the examples.

So if you just want someone to tell you what to type to make something happen or just be able to write quick apps for fun in a short amount of time, this is not for you. This book is for those who want to pursue programming and computer science in education or career and want a good foundation on java and/or OOP.
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CiCi
4.0 out of 5 stars Caution: Errors in the 6th edition
Reviewed in the United States on 17 February 2012
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Just a warning to those considering buying the 6th edition of this book. This isn't a review for the actual contents (on that note, I pretty much concur with most of the 4-5 reviews).

Apparently just the first printing of the 6th edition textbook contains all of these errors, but if you're buying this book then you should know what you might/probably get. There are numerous mistakes in both text and most importantly, the code examples. The coding is color coded, and for whatever reason certain colors didn't get printed in the code, so there are vital missing components along with mistypes (missing spaces or punctuation, lack of capitalization, etc). Whether you're new to coding or not, these kinds of mistakes can mess things up for you and it will get frustrating pretty quickly if you're trying to learn from these examples.

There's an errata for this edition of the textbook out there, but it's still quite inconvenient to try and learn from this book when you keep having to check if what's printed is correct or not. If you have this edition, find the errata to see if your edition has these errors. To find this, just do a quick Google search for the title of the book along with the word "errata" and you should get some links to university/professor pages that gives you the pdf. Don't go to the Pearson website, since they'll only let you see the errata if you're a professor.

I'd consider asking the seller about which printing they're selling (if you can) or get the super cheap 4th/5th edition. There aren't any substantial differences between the two, as you probably know how the textbook market is. I originally bought the 6th edition ($24 incl shipping) for my class only to find myself buying the 5th edition for about 5 times less (~$5 incl. shipping). Much happier now.
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