Head First Java (2nd Edition, Chinese Edition)

This is the Chinese translation of the second edition of Head First Java, part of O'Reilly's well-known Head First series. Grounded in cognitive science and learning theory, the book replaces the dense text of traditional textbooks with abundant images, dialogues, puzzles, games, and quizzes, turning Java and object-oriented programming into an experience readers can take part in. It begins with how Java works, program structure, classes and methods, and main(), then progresses to variables and references, object behavior and encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism, object lifecycle and garbage collection, and on to the Java function library, exception handling, Swing graphical interfaces, serialization and file saving, networking, collections and generics, multithreading, and distributed computing, finally discussing packaging and deploying applications. Several complete projects are woven in, such as a battleship game and a networked chat program, so that readers write code while playing through puzzles, crosswords, and code-detective exercises, moving from basic syntax all the way to fairly complete engineering practice. The Chinese edition runs about 689 pages and covers features of Java 5.0 (such as generics, enums, and autoboxing); it is one of the most widely circulated Chinese Java primers of the 2000s and remains suitable today as an introduction to object-oriented thinking. Note that the book is based on an earlier version of Java, so modern development requires supplementing it with newer features.