Unique pedagogic emphasis

The layered teaching approach helps students learn at a manageable pace.
A focus on problem solving separates this text from those that utilize a language-centric approach.
An emphasis on algorithmic thinking, breaking problems down into smaller, more manageable pieces, helps students grapple with the challenges of large programs.
New - Sections added to Chapter 2 help students to understand for loops and creating effective tables for discovering patterns in nested loops.

Learning reinforcement tools

Case studies end each chapter, showing students examples of how to develop complex programs in logical stages and to test as they go.
Revised - Various sections throughout the text, including examples, have been rewritten to incorporate feedback from both students and instructors.
Revised - The Chapter 10 case study has been rewritten to feature a new program about elections and ranked choice voting.
New - Self-check problems and programming exercises have been added to every chapter, and others have been updated or revised.

Updated and timely

New - JShell information has been included in Chapter 2, bringing the text up-to-date with the latest version of Java.
New - Programming projects have been added to some chapters, including a ranked choice ballot project in Chapter 10.
Updated - Chapters 10 and 11 have been updated to include new syntax and features that have been introduced in new Java releases.

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Expanded - The Exercise Editor now allows you to create new programming exercises. In addition to assigning the hundreds of programming exercises already available, you can create and assign programming exercises to customize your course.
New - Plagiarism Detection Tool alerts instructors of potential plagiarism issues by checking:

Students’ average submission rate.
Students’ average number of attempts until correct.
Students’ average cut and paste rate.

Empower each learner: Each student learns at a different pace. Personalized learning pinpoints the precise areas where each student needs practice, giving all students the support they need—when and where they need it—to be successful.

The error-specific messages include both the feedback from the compiler and plain English interpretations of likely causes for the student’s incorrect answer. Feedback for many exercises includes test case tables that show a student’s output against expected output.

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Updated - VideoNotes provide step-by-step video tutorials specifically designed to enhance the programming concepts so students can view the entire problem-solving process outside of the classroom–when they need help the most.

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Check out the preface for a complete list of features and what's new in this edition.

Building Java Programs: A Back to Basics Approach, 5th edition

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