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Introduction to Java Programming and Data Structures, Comprehensive Version, Global Edition, 12th edition

Published by Pearson (October 5, 2021) © 2022

  • Y Daniel Liang Georgia Southern University

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A fundamentals-first introduction to basic programming concepts and techniques

Introduction to Java Programming and Data Structures seamlessly integrates programming, data structures, and algorithms into one text. With a fundamentals-first approach, the text builds a strong foundation of basic programming concepts and techniques before teaching students object-oriented programming and advanced Java programming. Liang explains programming in a problem-driven way that focuses on problem solving rather than syntax, illustrating basic concepts by example and providing a large number of exercises with various levels of difficulty for students to practice. The 12th Edition is completely revised in every detail to enhance clarity, presentation, content, examples, and exercises.

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  • Check Points provide review questions to help students track their progress as they read through the chapter and evaluate their learning.
  • The Chapter Summary reviews the important subjects that students should understand and remember. It helps them reinforce the key concepts they have learned in the chapter.
  • Notes, Tips, Cautions and Design Guides are inserted throughout the text to offer valuable advice and insight on important aspects of program development.
  • Problems and Case Studies teach problem-solving and programming concepts. The book uses many small, simple and stimulating examples to demonstrate important ideas.
  • Quizzes are accessible online and grouped by sections for students to self-test programming concepts and techniques.

New and Updated Features

  • NEW: Both Comparable and Comparator are used to compare elements in Heap, Priority-Queue, BST, and AVLTree. This is consistent with the Java API and is more useful and flexible.
  • NEW: String matching algorithms are introduced in Chapter 22: Developing Efficient Algorithms.
  • UPDATED: Java 9, 10, 11 and FX11 are covered to keep the text up to date with current technologies. Examples are improved and simplified.
  • UPDATED: Lambda expressions are used in more examples and exercises in the data structures chapters to simplify coding.
  • UPDATED: Programming Exercises are grouped by sections to provide students with opportunities to apply the new skills they have learned on their own.
    • Additionally, more than 200 programming exercises with solutions, including several newly added exercises, are provided to the instructors on the Instructor Resource Website. These exercises are not printed in the text.

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  • CodeAnimation simulates the execution of the program and lets students step through the code, showing and explaining what is happening in the program.
    • Each step in a CodeAnimation is like an interactive graphical diagram. It allows the user to enter input interactively.
  • LiveExample enables students to practice coding by filling in the missing code and running live code and receiving immediate feedback on their submission.
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  1. Introduction to Computers, Programs, and JavaTM
  2. Elementary Programming
  3. Selections
  4. Mathematical Functions, Characters, and Strings
  5. Loops
  6. Methods
  7. Single-Dimensional Arrays
  8. Multidimensional Arrays
  9. Objects and Classes
  10. Object-Oriented Thinking
  11. Inheritance and Polymorphism
  12. Exception Handling and Text I/O
  13. Abstract Classes and Interfaces
  14. JavaFX Basics
  15. Event-Driven Programming and Animations
  16. JavaFX UI Controls and Multimedia
  17. Binary I/O
  18. Recursion
  19. Generics
  20. Lists, Stacks, Queues, and Priority Queues
  21. Sets and Maps
  22. Developing Efficient Algorithms
  23. Sorting
  24. Implementing Lists, Stacks, Queues, and Priority Queues
  25. Binary Search Trees
  26. AVL Trees
  27. Hashing
  28. Graphs and Applications
  29. Weighted Graphs and Applications
  30. Aggregate Operations for Collection Streams

Bonus Chapters 31–44 are available from the Companion Website

  1. Advanced JavaFX and FXML
  2. Multithreading and Parallel Programming
  3. Networking
  4. Java Database Programming
  5. Advanced Database Programming
  6. Internationalization
  7. Servlets
  8. JavaServer Pages
  9. JavaServer Faces
  10. RMI
  11. Web Services
  12. 2-4 Trees and B-Trees
  13. Red-Black Trees
  14. Testing Using JUnit

Appendixes

  • A. Java Keywords and Reserved Words
  • B. The ASCII Character Set
  • C. Operator Precedence Chart
  • D. Java Modifiers
  • E. Special Floating-Point Values
  • F. Number Systems
  • G. Bitwise Operations
  • H. Regular Expressions
  • I. Enumerated Types
  • J. The Big-O, Big-Omega, and Big-Theta Notations

Dr. Y. Daniel Liang earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Oklahoma in 1991, and an MS and BS in Computer Science from Fudan University in Shanghai, China, in 1986 and 1983. Prior to joining Armstrong, he was an associate professor in computer science at Purdue University in Fort Wayne, where he twice received the Excellence in Research award. Dr. Liang was trained in theoretical computer science. He was active in graph algorithms from 1990 to 1995 and published more than ten papers in several established journals such as SIAM Journal on Computing, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Acta Informatics, and Information Processing Letters. Since 1996, he has devoted to writing texts and published more than thirty books with Prentice Hall. His popular computer science texts are widely adopted in the world.
Dr. Liang was elected a Java Champion in 2005 by Sun Microsystems and has given lectures on Java internationally.

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