HeadFirstJava_ABrain-FriendlyGuide

Head First Java™ TABLE OF CONTENTS Special Upgrade Offer A Note Regarding Supplemental Files What they’re saying about Head First Praise for Head First Java Praise for other Head First books co-authored by Kathy and Bert Creators of the Head First series How to Use This Book: Intro Who is this book for? Who should probably back away from this book? We know what you’re thinking And we know what your brain is thinking Metacognition: thinking about thinking Here’s what WE did Here’s what YOU can do to bend your brain into submission What you need for this book Last-minute things you need to know Technical Editors Other people to : credit Just when you thought there wouldn’t be any more acknowledgements 3. Primitives and References: Know Your Variables Declaring a variable “I’d like a double mocha, no, make it an int.” You really don’t want to spill that... Back away from that keyword! This table reserved Controlling your Dog object An object reference is just another variable value Life on the garbage-collectible heap Life and death on the heap An array is like a tray of cups Arrays are objects too Make an array of Dogs What’s missing?......