Аннотация

It is my privilege to present you with Interactive Object-Oriented Programming in Java:
Learn and Test Your Programming Skills (Second Edition).
If you are curious about what the most important and unique characteristics of this book are, I would say that it is interactive and very simple. The goal was not to demonstrate typical and tough programs using all the latest features of Java. On the contrary, the true goal is to fuel your creativity by using the core constructs in Java. The word core is more important than the latest when you learn a new technology. Whatever is the latest today will be outdated tomorrow. But core concepts are evergreen.
This book focuses on the implementation of object-oriented programming concepts using the most basic features of Java so that you don’t need to be familiar with advanced Java topics. The examples are simple and straightforward. I believe that these examples are written in such a way that even if you are familiar with another popular language, such as C#, C++, and so on, you can still easily grasp the concepts in this book.
You’ll probably agree that when you travel an unknown path to a destination, it can help if you get a loving and caring guide. Learning a new programming language through a book is also a journey, a fact that was always on my mind as I wrote. So, in this book, I did not explain a topic in only an informative way. Instead, I made this book interactive, with one or more “Q&A Sessions” in each chapter. These sessions will not only assist you in your learning process, but can also act as a “doubt-clearing session” because they will feel like you are asking your guide some questions (or expressing your doubts) and that you are receiving the answers from him in a simple one-to-one communication. In addition to this, in most of the cases, you’ll get a full demonstration of a program with output analysis so that you can get the maximum benefit.
In short, the aim of this book is to help you to get a feel of a Java classroom environment. I have been involved in teaching since 2005. I have taken classes in both engineering and non-engineering colleges. And, fortunately, most of my teaching involvement was based on Java and its advanced topics. That is the true motivation for why I wanted to introduce a book like this. Before you jump into the topics, let me highlight a few points about the book, its chapters’ organization, and the intended readers.