

The text is highly consistent in both structure and terminology. The codes are well commented to aid readability.


The objectives, explanations, examples and exercises are clear and easy to follow. The text is written in a clear and easy to understand manner. Updates to the text can be done easily by the way it has been written. The code, tested in Java 8, should continue to work with new Java releases. While the field of computer science with particular emphasis to programming as it relates to this text is constantly evolving, the approach taken by this text to teach the essentials is likely to persist.

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