Beginning Programming with Java^® For Dummies^®, 3rd Edition

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Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book

How to Use This Book

Conventions Used in This Book

What You Don’t Have to Read

Foolish Assumptions

How This Book Is Organized

Part I: Revving Up

Part II: Writing Your Own Java Programs

Part III: Controlling the Flow

Part IV: Using Program Units

Part V: The Part of Tens

Icons Used in This Book

Where to Go from Here

Part I: Revving Up

Chapter 1: Getting Started

What’s It All About?

Telling a computer what to do

Pick your poison

From Your Mind to the Computer’s Processor

Translating your code

Running code

Code you can use

Your Java Programming Toolset

What’s already on your hard drive?

Eclipse

Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Computer

If You Don’t Like Reading Instructions . . .

Getting This Book’s Sample Programs

Setting Up Java

If you want to avoid installing Java . . .

If you’re juggling versions of Java on your computer . . .

Setting Up the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment

Downloading Eclipse

Installing Eclipse

Running Eclipse for the first time

What’s Next?

Chapter 3: Running Programs

Running a Canned Java Program

Typing and Running Your Own Code

Separating your programs from mine

Writing and running your program

What’s All That Stuff in Eclipse’s Window?

Understanding the big picture

Views, editors, and other stuff

What’s inside a view or an editor?

Returning to the big picture ...