In Starting Out with Java: Early Objects , Gaddis looks at objects—the fundamentals of classes and methods—before covering procedural programming.  As with all Gaddis texts, clear and easy-to-read code listings, concise and practical real-world examples, and an abundance of exercises appear in every chapter. Introduction to Computers and Java, Java Fundamentals, A First Look at Classes and Objects, Decision Structures, Loops and Files, A Second Look at Classes and Objects, Arrays, Text Processing and Wrapper Classes, Inheritance, Exceptions and Stream I/O, GUI Applications, Applets, Recursion. For all readers interested in an introduction to the Java™ programming language covering objects—the fundamentals of classes and methods—before procedural programming.