So, I haven't actually used this, but around here, people are raving about BlueJ, which is an Australian/Danish effort to develop a Java teaching environment, and includes a text book. It's having a lot of success with high school students. Definitely meant for people with no programming experience. The environment is free, but I assume the book costs money.
See http://www.bluej.org/ Robin Jeffries (Disclaimer: My company supports the BlueJ effort.) |Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 12:18:23 -0700 |From: Mark Abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |X-Accept-Language: en |To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |Subject: PPIG discuss: java intro text |Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit |X-Mailing-List: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |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]
