Beginning Programming with Java For Dummies, 3rd Edition

Content: Introduction --
About this book --
How to use this book --
Conventions used in this book --
What you don\'t have to read --
Foolish assumptions --
How this book is organized --
Part 1: Revving Up --
Part 2: Writing Your Own Java Programs --
Part 3: Controlling The Flow --
Part 4: Using Program Units --
Part 5: Part Of Tens --
Icons used in this book --
Where to go from here --
Part 1: Revving Up: --
Getting started: --
What\'s it all about? --
Telling a computer what to do --
Pick your poison --
From your mind to the computer\'s processor --
Translating your code --
Running code --
Code you can use --
Your Java programming toolset --
What\'s already on your hard drive? --
Eclipse --
Setting up your computer: --
If you don\'t like reading instructions --
Getting this book\'s sample programs --
Setting up Java --
If you want to avoid installing Java --
If you\'re juggling versions of Java on your computer --
Setting up the Eclipse integrated development environment --
Downloading Eclipse --
Running eclipse for the first time --
What\'s next? --
Running programs: --
Running a canned Java program --
Typing and running your own code --
Separating your programs from mine --
Writing and running your program --
What\'s all that stuff in Eclipse\'s window? --
Understanding the big picture --
Views, editors, and other stuff --
What\'s inside a view or an editor? --
Returning to the big picture --
Part 2: Writing Your Own Java Programs: --
Exploring the parts of a program --
Checking out Java code for the first time --
Behold! A program --
What the program\'s lines say --
Elements in a Java program --
Keywords --
Identifiers that you or I can define --
Identifiers with agreed-upon meanings --
Literals --
Punctuation --
Comments --
Understanding a simple Java program --
What is a method? --
Main method in a program --
How you finally tell the computer to do something --
Java class --
Composing a program: --
Computers are stupid --
Program to Echo keyboard input --
Typing and running a program --
How the EchoLine program works --
Getting numbers, words, and other things --
Type two lines of code and don\'t look back --
Expecting the unexpected --
Diagnosing a problem --
What problem? I don\'t see a program --
Using the building blocks: variables, values, and types: --
Using variables --
Using a variable --
Understanding assignment statements --
To wrap or not to wrap? --
What do all those zeros and ones mean? --
Types and declarations --
What\'s the point? --
Reading decimal numbers from the keyboard --
Though these be methods, yet there is madness in\'t --
Methods and assignments --
Variations on the theme --
Moving variables from place to place --
Combining variable declarations --
Numbers and types: --
Using whole numbers --
Reading whole numbers from the keyboard --
What you read is what you get --
Creating new values by applying operators --
Finding a remainder --
Increment and decrement operators --
Assignment operators --
Size matters --
Numbers? Who need numbers?: --
Characters --
I digress --
One character only, please --
Variables and recycling --
When not to reuse a variable --
Reading characters --
Boolean type --
Expressions and conditions --
Comparing numbers: comparing characters --
Remaining primitive types --
Part 3: Controlling The Flow: --
Forks in the road: --
Decisions, decisions! --
Making decisions (Java if statements) --
Looking carefully at if statements --
Complete program --
Indenting if statements in your code --
Variations on the theme --
Or else what? --
Packing more stuff into an if statement --
Some handy import declarations --
Which way did he go?: --
Forming bigger and better conditions --
Combining conditions: an example --
When to initialize? --
More and more conditions --
Using Boolean variables --
Mixing different logical operators together --
Using parentheses --
Building a nest --
Nested if statements --
Cascading if statements --
Enumerating the possibilities --
Creating an Enum type --
Using an Enum type --
How to flick a virtual switch?: --
Meet the switch statement --
Cases in a switch statement --
Default in a switch statement --
Picky details about the switch statement --
To break or not to break --
Using fall-through to your advantage --
Using a conditional operator --
Around and around it goes: --
Repeating instructions over and over again (Java while statements) --
Following the action in a loop --
No early bailout --
Thinking about loops (what statement go where) --
Finding some pieces --
Assembling the pieces --
Getting values for variables --
From infinity to affinity --
Thinking about loops (priming) --
Working on the problem --
Fixing the problem. Piles of files: dealing with information overload: --
Running a disk-oriented program --
Sample program --
Creating code that messes with your hard drive --
Running the sample program --
Troubleshooting problems with disk files --
Writing a disk-oriented program --
Reading from a file --
Writing to a file --
Writing, rewriting, and re-rewriting --
Creating loops within loops --
Paying your old code a little visit --
Reworking some existing code --
Running your code --
Creating useful code --
Checking for the end of a file --
How it feels to be a computer --
Why the computer accidentally pushes past the end of the file --
Solving the problem --
Old runaround: --
Repeating statements a certain number --
Times (Java for statements) --
Anatomy of a for statement --
Initializing a for loop --
Using nested for loops --
Repeating until you get what you need (Java do statements) --
Getting a trustworthy response --
Deleting files --
Using Java\'s do statement --
Closer look at the do statement --
Repeating with predetermined values (Java\'s enhanced for statement) --
Creating an enhanced for loop --
Nesting the enhanced for loops --
Part 4: Using Program Units: --
Using loops and arrays: --
Some loops in action --
Deciding on a loop\'s limit at runtime --
Using all kinds of conditions in a for loop --
Reader, meet arrays
 arrays
 arrays, meet the reader --
Storing values in an array --
Creating a report --
Working with arrays --
Looping in style --
Programming with objects and classes: --
Creating a class --
Reference types and java classes --
Using a newly defined class --
Running code that straddles two separate files --
Why bother? --
From classes come objects --
Understanding (or ignoring) the subtleties --
Making reference to an object\'s parts --
Creating several objects --
Another way to think about classes --
Classes, objects, and tables --
Some questions and answers --
Using methods and variables from a Java class: --
String class --
Simple example --
Putting string variables to good use --
Reading and writing strings --
Using an objects\' methods --
Comparing strings --
Truth about classes and methods --
Calling an object\'s methods --
Combining and using data --
Static methods --
Calling static an non-static methods --
Turing strings into numbers --
Turning numbers into strings --
How the NumberFormat works --
Understanding the big picture --
Packages and import declarations --
Shedding light on the static darkness --
Barry makes good on an age-old promise --
Creating new Java methods: --
Defining a method within a class --
Making a method --
Examining the method\'s header --
Examining the method\'s body --
Calling the method --
Flow of control --
Using punctuation --
Versatile plus sign --
Let the objects do the work --
Passing values to methods --
Handing off a value --
Working with a method header --
How the method uses the object\'s values --
Getting a value from a method --
Example --
How return types and return values work --
Working with the method header (again) --
Oooey GUI was a worm: --
Java swing classes --
Showing an image on the screen --
Just another class --
Using Eclipse\'s WindowBuilder --
Installing WindowBuilder --
Creating a GUI class --
Running your bare-bones GUI class --
Show me the code --
Some details about the code --
Adding stuff to your frame --
Taking action --
Part 5: Part Of Tens: --
Ten sets of web links: --
Horse\'s mouth --
Finding news, reviews, and sample code --
Improving your code with tutorials --
Finding help on newsgroups --
Reading documentation with commentary --
Listen! --
Opinions and advocacy --
Looking for Java jobs --
Finding out more about other programming languages --
Everyone\'s favorite sites --
Ten useful classes in the Java API: --
Applet --
ArrayList --
File --
Integer --
Math --
NumberFormat --
Scanner --
String --
StringTokenizer --
System --
Index.