Java Structures: Data Structures in Java for the Principled Programmer
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (803 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0071261206 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 367 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Horrible Textbook I am a student using this book for a CS2 course. This book is horrible. My main complaints are the organization of everything.The questions at the end of each chapter don't indicate what section you may find the answers, and sometimes they refer to code in an entirely different chapter. Apparently the author assumes that you memorize every bit of code he explains in each chapter. While the reading isn't all that bad, it is poorly organized as well.For example . "Smirks and Curt" according to A Customer. This book was not very good. Initially, like alot of software books, the author's smug comments were not irritating. By the end of the book they were unnerving. The biggest beef I had with this text was that the author does not offer sufficient explanations for the code examples. He assumes you can just read it and then understand it. Also, in several chapters rather than presenting the facts then illustrating them in a complex example he does exactly the oppo. This is not a very good book. This book is being used as the text for a CS2 level course I am taking. Everyone in the class finds the book too confusing and complicated to be useful. I agree with them, even though I have nearly 20 years of experience in a variety of languages (none of them OO, however). Even the instructor admitted upfront that he was not pleased with it. We are all turning to other books to more clearly explain how to implement structures in Java. I have even found an old
The structure package is a complete, tested unit that forms the core of data structures that can be used in other applications students might write for other classes. The second edition of Duane Bailey's "Java Structures" offers a fresh, compact introduction to the design of traditional data structures in Java. It is a resource that students will make use of for several years of college.. The book is supported by a book web site, where all code is posted for the book's examples, documentation, and the structure package. The book is the p