[oops, didn't cc to the list] My faculty advisor, Charlie McDowell, wrote a book that you might check out.
I used it for a class and found it to be pretty good, as long as you remember to visit the errata page and mark the changes in your copy of the book. http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~pohl/java.html If you have a chance to look at it I'd appreciate hearing what you thought of it as well... James On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Mark Abbott wrote: > > Can anyone recommend a textbook for an introductory Java programming > course? The course is for would-be computer science majors who in most > cases have not programmed before. > > I'm asking PPIG about this because the main thing I don't like about the > candidate textbooks I've looked at is that they seem to present the > concepts in an unrealistic order, where a concept is "taught" before the > students have the right prerequisite concepts, and PPIGers know a lot > about how an individual progresses from novice to expert. > > Mark Abbott > CSU Chico > > > > > - Automatic footer for [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe discuss > To join the announcements list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe announce > To receive a help file, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] help > This list is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/ > If you have any problems or questions, please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ********************************************************************* * James Sheldon AIM: Voyager640 http://www.jamessheldon.com * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.livejournal.com/users/voyager640 * ********************************************************************* - Automatic footer for [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe discuss To join the announcements list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe announce To receive a help file, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] help This list is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/ If you have any problems or questions, please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
