HeadFirstJava_ABrain-FriendlyGuide

Head First Java™ TABLE OF CONTENTS Special Upgrade Offer A Note Regarding Supplemental Files What they’re saying about Head First Praise for Head First Java Praise for other Head First books co-authored by Kathy and Bert Creators of the Head First series How to Use This Book: Intro Who is this book for? Who should probably back away from this book? We know what you’re thinking And we know what your brain is thinking Metacognition: thinking about thinking Here’s what WE did Here’s what YOU can do to bend your brain into submission What you need for this book Last-minute things you need to know Technical Editors Other people to : credit Just when you thought there wouldn’t be any more acknowledgements 1. Dive in A Quick Dip: Breaking the Surface The Way Java Works What you’ll do in Java A very brief history of Java Code structure in Java Anatomy of a class Writing a class with a main What can you say in the main method? Looping and looping and... Simple boolean tests Example of a while loop Conditional branching Coding a Serious Business Application Monday morning at Bob’s Phrase-O-Matic How it works 2. Classes and Objects: A Tri......