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Introduction to Programming

By : Nick Samoylov
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Introduction to Programming

By: Nick Samoylov

Overview of this book

Have you ever thought about making your computer do what you want it to do? Do you want to learn to program, but just don't know where to start? Instead of guiding you in the right direction, have other learning resources got you confused with over-explanations? Don't worry. Look no further. Introduction to Programming is here to help. Written by an industry expert who understands the challenges faced by those from a non-programming background, this book takes a gentle, hand-holding approach to introducing you to the world of programming. Beginning with an introduction to what programming is, you'll go on to learn about languages, their syntax, and development environments. With plenty of examples for you to code alongside reading, the book's practical approach will help you to grasp everything it has to offer. More importantly, you'll understand several aspects of application development. As a result, you'll have your very own application running by the end of the book. To help you comprehensively understand Java programming, there are exercises at the end of each chapter to keep things interesting and encourage you to add your own personal touch to the code and, ultimately, your application.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)

Summary

In this chapter, the reader has learned about the content of Java standard libraries included in the JDK and some of the most popular external libraries or third-party libraries. In particular, we have looked closely into the standard packages java.lang and java.util; compared the packages java.io and java.nio, java.sql and javax.sql, java.awt, javax.swing and javafx; and reviewed the packages java.net and java.math.

We have also made an overview of such popular external libraries as org.junit, org.mockito, org.apache.log4j, org.slf4j, and several packages of the Apache Commons project: org.apache.commons.io, org.apache.commons.lang and org.apache.commons.lang3, and org.apache.commons.codec.binary.

The next chapter will help the reader to become familiar with the most widely used Java classes in more detail. The code examples will illustrate the discussion of the functionality...