Modern Programming Made Easy

Starting Out 1. Introduction 1.1 Problem Solving 1.2 This Book 2. Software to Install 2.1 Java/Groovy 2.2 Others 2.3 Code on Github 3. The Basics 3.1 Coding Terms 3.2 Primitives and Reference 3.3 Strings/Declarations 3.4 Statements 3.5 Assignment 3.6 Class and Object 3.7 Comments 3.8 Summary Glorified Calculator 4. Math 4.1 Adding, subtracting, etc.< 4.2 More complex Math 4.3 Random numbers 4.4 Summary 5. Arrays, Lists, Sets, and Maps 5.1 Arrays 5.2 Lists 5.3 Sets 5.4 Maps 5.5 Summary 6. Conditionals and Loops< 6.1 If, Then, Else 6.2 Switch Statements 6.3 Boolean logic 6.4 Looping 6.5 Summary 7. Methods 7.1 Call me 7.2 Break it down 7.3 Return to sender 7.4 Static 7.5 Varargs 7.6 Main method 7.7 Exercises 7.8 Summary Polymorphic Spree 8. Inheritance 8.1 Objectify 8.2 Parenting 101 8.3 Packages 8.4 Public Parts 8.5 Interfaces 8.6 Abstract Class 8.7 Enums 8.8 Annotations 8.9 Autoboxing 8.10 Summary 9. Design Patterns 9.1 Observer 9.2 MVC 9.3 DSL 9.4 Actors 10. Functional Programming 10.1 Functions and Closures 10.2 Map/Filter/etc. 10.3 Immutability 10.4 Java 8 10.5 Groovy 10.6 Scala 10.7 Summary 11. Refactoring 11.1 Object-Oriented Refactoring 11.2 Functional Refactoring 11.3 Refactoring Examples 12. Utilities 12.1 Dates and Times 12.2 Currency 12.3 TimeZone 12.4 Scanner Real-life 13. Building 13.1 Ant 13.2 Maven 13.3 Gradle 14. Testing 14.1 Types of Tests 14.2 JUnit 15. Input/Output 15.1 Files 15.2 Reading Files 15.3 Writing Files 15.4 Downloading Files 15.5 Summary 16. Version Control 16.1 Subversion 16.2 Git 16.3 Mercurial 17. The Inter-webs 17.1 Web 101 17.2 My First Web-app 17.3 The Holy Grails 17.4 Cloud 17.5 The REST 17.6 Summary 18. Swinging Graphics 18.1 Hello Window 18.2 Push my Buttons 18.3 Fake Browser 18.4 Griffon 18.5 Advanced Graphics 18.6 Graphics Glossary 18.7 Summary 19. Creating a Magical User Experience 19.1 Application Hierarchy19.2 Consider your Audience 19.3 Choice is an Illusion 19.4 Direction 19.5 Skuemorphism 19.6 Context is Important

Adam Davis makes software. He's spent many years developing in Java (since Java 1.2) and has enjoyed using Spring and Hibernate. Since 2006 he's been using Groovy and Grails in addition to Java to create SaaS web applications that help track finances for large institutions (among other things). Adam has a Masters and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from Georgia Tech.