Free Java book available for download or on-line use... regarded by many as the best java book for high school computer science because of its organization and unique approach:
...mastery of the fundamentals before the introduction of classes and objects.
...with emphasis on AP and Contest* preparation
The motivation and reasons for writing this Blue Pelican Java book fall into four distinct categories:
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In Texas (where the author teaches) no Java textbooks are yet available from the state.
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Dissatisfaction with available java textbooks at the high school level. Click here to see author's philosophical difference with how most text books are done.
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AP preparation.
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The desire to thoroughly prepare students for UIL* competition in computer science.
This Java textbook is a free download in pdf form or can be purchased in hard-cover form. You have permission to distribute this document to your students as a file but not in printed form (at the insistence of my publisher... exception: Purchase both hard-cover text and answer book to gain access to printable pdf versions). For more information, use the buttons above, or follow the links to the left.
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