a game application approach McAllister, William (William James) creator author. Fritz, S. Jane author. text vau 2015 monographic eng

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xxvi, 733 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm + 1 CD-ROM "This is a Java textbook for beginning programmers that uses game programming as a central pedagogical tool to improve student engagement, learning outcomes, and retention. Game programming is incorporated into the text in a way that does not compromise the amount of material traditionally covered in a basic or advanced programming course and permits instructors who are not familiar with game programming and computer graphics tp realize their advantages/ The material presented in this book is in full compliance with the 2013 ACM/IEEE computer science curriculum guidelines and provides an in-depth discussion of graphical user interfaces (GUIs). It has been used to teach programming to students whose majors are within and outside of the computing fields. The companion DVD includes a game environment that is easily integrated into projects created with the popular Java Development Environments (Eclipse, NetBeans, and JCreator) and includes a set of executable student games to pique students' interest by giving them a glimpse into their future capabilities. The material in this book can be covered within one or two courses such as a basic programming course followed by an advanced programming course."--Cover. 1. Introduction -- 2. Variables, input/output, and calculations -- 3. Methods, classes, and objects: A first look -- 4. Boolean expressions, making decisions, and disk input and output -- 5. Repeating statements: Loops -- 6. Arrays -- 7. Methods, classes, and objects: A second look -- 8. Inheritance -- 9. Recursion -- 10. Exceptions: A second pass -- 11. Graphical user interfaces -- 12. Graphical user interfaces: A second look -- 13. Generics and the API collections framework -- 14. Multithreading and concurrency -- Appendix A: Description of the game environment -- Appendix B: Using the game environment package -- Appendix C: ASCII table -- Appendix D: Java key words -- Appendix E: Java operators and their relative precedence -- Appendix F: Glossary of programming terms -- Appendix G: Using the online API documentation -- Appendix H: Solutions to selected knowledge exercises. McAllister, William and S. Jane Fritz, St. Joseph's College, New York. Includes index. Java (Computer program language) Computer games Programming Computer games Design QA76.73.J38 M33 2015 794.8151 9781938549762 1938549767 2014941166 EYA 140519 20180516090346.0 18164663 eng