WELCOME TO the Seventh Edition of Introduction to Programming Using Java, a free, on-line textbook on introductory programming, which uses Java as the language of instruction. This book is directed mainly towards beginning programmers, although it might also be useful for experienced programmers who want to learn something about Java. It is certainly not meant to provide complete coverage of the Java language.

The seventh edition requires Java 7, with just a couple brief mentions of Java 8. Previous versions included Java applets on the web pages that make up this book, but the applets have been eliminated from this version. Earlier editions of the book are still available; see the preface for links.

You can the download this web site for use on your own computer. PDF and print versions of the textbook are also available. The PDF that includes links might be the best way to read it on your computer. Links to the downloads can be found at the bottom of this page.

Readers are strongly encouraged to try out the sample programs as they read the book! You can download the source code separately or as part of the web site using the links below. See README file for information about how to compile and run the examples.

Short Table of Contents:

• Full Table of Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Overview: The Mental Landscape
• Chapter 2: Programming in the Small I: Names and Things
• Chapter 3: Programming in the Small II: Control
• Chapter 4: Programming in the Large I: Subroutines
• Chapter 5: Programming in the Large II: Objects and Classes
• Chapter 6: Introduction to GUI Programming
• Chapter 7: Arrays and ArrayLists
• Chapter 8: Correctness, Robustness, Efficiency
• Chapter 9: Linked Data Structures and Recursion
• Chapter 10: Generic Programming and Collection Classes
• Chapter 11: Advanced Input/Output: Streams, Files, and Networking
• Chapter 12: Threads and Multiprocessing
• Chapter 13: Advanced GUI Programming
• Source Code for All Examples in this Book
• Glossary
• News and Errata

©1996--2015, David J. Eck.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License. (This license allows you to redistribute this book in unmodified form for non-commercial purposes. It allows you to make and distribute modified versions for non-commercial purposes, as long as you include an attribution to the original author, clearly describe the modifications that you have made, and distribute the modified work under the same license as the original. Permission might be given by the author for other uses. See the license for full details.)

The most recent version of this book is always available, at no charge, for downloading and for on-line use at the Web address: http://math.hws.edu/javanotes/

Downloading And Other Links

• Full Web Site Download:
  • http://math.hws.edu/eck/cs124/downloads/javanotes7.zip — This "zip" archive contains a complete copy of the web site. It should be usable on almost any computer. Size: 4.3 Megabytes.
• Source Code Downloads:
  • http://math.hws.edu/eck/cs124/downloads/javanotes7-example-programs.zip — A zip archive of the "source" directory from the web site, which includes source code for sample programs from the text. Note that if you download the complete web site, then you already have a copy of the same source directory. See the README file. Size: 773 Kilobytes.
  • http://math.hws.edu/eck/cs124/downloads/javanotes7-exercise-solutions.zip — A zip archive containing source code for all the end-of-chapter exercises. These have been extracted from the web pages that contain the solutions as a convenience. They are not included in the web site download. See the README file. Size: 322 Kilobytes.
• PDF Downloads:
  • http://math.hws.edu/eck/cs124/downloads/javanotes7-linked.pdf — a PDF version with internal links for navigation and external links to source code files, exercise solutions, and other resources that are not included in the PDF. Recommended for on-screen reading. Size: 6.3 Megabytes; 755 pages.
  • http://math.hws.edu/eck/cs124/downloads/javanotes7.pdf — a PDF version without links, more suitable for printing. This is the PDF that is used for the printed version of the text, except that it also includes an appendix listing example programs and a glossary (since they would have exceeded the lulu.com page limit). Size: 5.9 Megabytes; 762 pages.
• Print Copies Available from Lulu.com:
  • Printed versions — I have made this book available for purchase in printed versions from the print-on-demand publisher lulu.com. This is for convenience only, for those who would like to have a bound printout in a nice form. (Please do not feel obliged to buy the printed version; I do not make any money from it!) The entire book is available in a rather thick printed version at http://www.lulu.com/content/612392. It is also available in two parts as http://www.lulu.com/content/559884 and http://www.lulu.com/content/822314. Note that these printed books are the original Version 7, and they still contain errors that were fixed in Version 7.0.1. See the on-line news page for a list of substantive errors.
• Source Files for the Book
  • Complete Sources — The complete source files that are used to produce both the web site and PDF versions of this book are available for download, but will be useful only to a very limited audience. See the end of the preface for more information and a link.