| Required: |
Anderson, Julie, and Herve J. Franceschi:
Java 5 Illuminated, 2005.
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| Recommended: |
Horstmann and Cornell: Core Java 2, Volume I – Fundamentals (7th Edition), 2004.
Eckel, Bruce: Thinking in Java, 4th Edition. Prentice Hall, 2006.
Available free on the web at www.mindview.net.
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| Eclipse IDE: |
We will be using the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and debugger to
write, compile, and test Java code.
How to install Java and Eclipse:
Windows
MacOS
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| Java Software: |
We will be using the Java 1.5.0 Development Kit for our labs and projects.
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| Java Class Library: |
The Java API Specification is the
MOST IMPORTANT REFERENCE
that you will use while programming. It is available at
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/index.html
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| Java and/or programming links: |
The ASCII Character Set
A tutorial on character code issues
A brief overview of the IEEE Standard 754 regarding
Floating Point Numbers
UNIX manual pages
A great tutorial on
Windows Explorer
. Get to know your file system!
A discussion of
Java packages and JAR files.
A short, entertaining animation about
pointers in Java (what I call references in class).
A set of common coding standards for use in CS111/CS108 is
available here.
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