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 | | Java for Computer Information Systems by Andrew C. Staugaard ISBN-10: 9780130108067 ISBN-10: 0-13-010806-5 ISBN-13: 9780130108067 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-010806-7 Textbook Binding 1999-03-04 Prentice Hall Find Lowest Price |
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One of few Java texts with CIS examples I have used this text in an introductory programming course. I have two personal biases that make this text attractive. (1)I want a text that does not concentration on the development environment. (2)I teach in a business college; therefore, I want business examples. This text satisfies both my desires. It is not filled with menu selections and button clicks that overwhelm algorithm design. Most of its examples relate to business. As a result, my students find the book something that relates to their career choice. When using the text in the introductory programming course, I found the emphasis on structured design a benefit. By playing down the object-oriented aspects of Java until after the basic control structures were presented, the text gave the students an opportunity to learn to create an algorithm before they had to tackle an entire system. It is one of the few texts that did not need a supplemental algorithm design text. | ||
Good basics book, but should be improved from Java side After reading the beginning of previous review I am also glad (s)he 'don't go to school in Canada'.But I should admit that the book is possibly the best in explanation of programming fundamentals. I couldn't find any comparable book with such big attention to programming basics. I agree with previous reviewer that knowledge of fundamentals is much more important and gives you an ability to learn any programming language faster and really understand what you should do in your programs. But if Java is selected for this course the Java content should be cleaned from a lot of errors and some stuff should be explained better. So I give the book 3 stars to further establish this mark. | ||
Understanding Structuring Techniques made easy As a student who is currently using this text book I am glad I don't go to school in Canada. They must have differing ideas about what is appropriate relative to the topic at hand. My understanding of the purpose of this book is not to teach JAVA, rather, it is to teach basic Structuring Techniques INDEPENDENT of the language choosen to write in. In this capacity, the book is excellent! Languages change but classic Structuring Technique does not. This book does an excellent job of teaching control structure techniques as well as algorithm defination. Many large Universities teach control structures and allow the student to program their work in whatever language they wish. The Author chooses to introduce his readers to the hotest language on the market at this time which is JAVA. Languages change, structuring technique does not. It's that simple. I highly recommend this book to anyone desiring to learn the proper method to develop a program. | ||
Book for people who don't need it I'm a teacher for introductory programming course and this book is selected as basic course book. The only star is for some ideas about programming algorithms. Otherwise the book is simply not for people starting programming. Without ANY explanation about any development environment after chapter 1 one can find a sample program and modest "edit, compile and run". Geez! How to edit? Who's the guy compile? Where to run? I should write my own instruction for all of this. Later in ch.3 author uses custom package keyboardInput without any explanation how to use it. Then he spends half of chapter 4 (before most of the basic stuff !) to talk about it. From the different places of the book you may find details that author isn't a big expert in Java, i.e. talking about data types he persistently calls them 'classes'(i.e. "assume short class" - real quotation!). Guy might not know that class Short exists, but short is not class at all. As usual book also contains a set of errors and/or misprints and the price is above average, so I'm tired to agree with students that this is not the best book :) for their course. | ||
This book is verbatum of his Intro C++ book If you go and compare Mr. Staugaard's previous edition of this book to the 1999 version just read his Structured and Object-Oriented Techniques. You will see they are basically the same book. Thanks for your time. | ||