Beginning programming with java for dummies / Barry Burd.

Includes index.

Part 1: Getting started with java programming -- The big picture -- Setting up your computer -- Running programs -- Part 2: Writing your own java programs -- Exploring the parts of a program -- Composing a program -- Using the building blocks: variables, values, and the types -- Number and types -- Numbers? Who needs numbers? -- Part 3: Controlling the flow -- Forks in the road -- Which way did he go? -- Around and around it goes -- Circling back to java loops -- Part 4: The inside scoop -- Programming with objects and classes -- Using methods and fields from java class -- Creating new java methods -- Part 5: Smart java techniques -- Piles of files: dealing with information overload -- How to flick a virtual switch -- Creating loops within loops -- Out of many, one -- Oooey-GUI was a worm -- Part 6: The part of tens -- Ten useful classes in the java API -- Ten bits of advice for new software developers.