Objects First with Java: A Practical Introduction Using BlueJ, Global Edition
7th Edition
Published on 21. July 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
768 pages
978-1-292-46359-9 (ISBN)
Description
Objects First with Java introduces object-oriented programming from a software engineering perspective. The text integrates BlueJ, an interactive Java development environment that visualizes class structure. BlueJ lets you create and test objects, offering a better understanding than you would from simply reading source code. Unlike traditional textbooks, the chapters are not ordered by language features but by software development concepts.?
The 7th Edition reflects the latest features and capabilities of Java with new material, code examples, GUI JavaFX code samples and more.?It is thoroughly updated to include all recent Java language additions, and now introduces the concepts and technologies to support teams more formally.
The 7th Edition reflects the latest features and capabilities of Java with new material, code examples, GUI JavaFX code samples and more.?It is thoroughly updated to include all recent Java language additions, and now introduces the concepts and technologies to support teams more formally.
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Edition
7th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-292-46359-9 (9781292463599)
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David Barnes | Michael Koelling
Objects First with Java: A Practical Introduction Using BlueJ, Global Edition
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Persons
About our authors David J. Barnes is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Kent, in Canterbury, England, and mainly teaches introductory, object-oriented Programming at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. In addition to computing education and his rich, practical experience in a wide range of programming languages, his main research also includes the area of Software Engineering.?
Michael Koelling is a Professor in the Department of Informatics at King's College London, UK. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Sydney University and has worked in Australia, Denmark, and the UK. He is the lead developer of BlueJ and Greenfoot, two educational programming environments, and his research areas of interest include object-oriented systems, programming languages, software tools, and computing education.?
Michael Koelling is a Professor in the Department of Informatics at King's College London, UK. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Sydney University and has worked in Australia, Denmark, and the UK. He is the lead developer of BlueJ and Greenfoot, two educational programming environments, and his research areas of interest include object-oriented systems, programming languages, software tools, and computing education.?
Content
1. Objects and classes??
2. Understanding class definitions??
3. Object interaction??
4. Grouping objects??
5. Functional processing of collections
6. More-sophisticated behavior??????????
7. Fixed-size collections: arrays??
8. Designing classes??
9. Well-behaved objects?
10. Working in teams
11. Recursion??
12. Improving structure with inheritance
13. More about inheritance?
14. Further abstraction techniques?
15. Data-oriented classes??
16. A brief history of Java??
17. Building graphical user interfaces?
18. Handling errors?
19. Designing applications?
20. A case study
Appendices??
A. Working with a BlueJ project?
B. Java data types???????????????
C. Operators?????????????????
D. Java control structures??
E. Running Java without BlueJ??
F. Using the debugger?
G. JUnit unit-testing tools??
H. Teamwork tools??
I. Javadoc??
J. Program style guide??
K. Important library classes
L. Concept glossary
2. Understanding class definitions??
3. Object interaction??
4. Grouping objects??
5. Functional processing of collections
6. More-sophisticated behavior??????????
7. Fixed-size collections: arrays??
8. Designing classes??
9. Well-behaved objects?
10. Working in teams
11. Recursion??
12. Improving structure with inheritance
13. More about inheritance?
14. Further abstraction techniques?
15. Data-oriented classes??
16. A brief history of Java??
17. Building graphical user interfaces?
18. Handling errors?
19. Designing applications?
20. A case study
Appendices??
A. Working with a BlueJ project?
B. Java data types???????????????
C. Operators?????????????????
D. Java control structures??
E. Running Java without BlueJ??
F. Using the debugger?
G. JUnit unit-testing tools??
H. Teamwork tools??
I. Javadoc??
J. Program style guide??
K. Important library classes
L. Concept glossary