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Author: Frank M. Carrano
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Data Structures and Abstractions with Java, 3e, is ideal for one- or two-semester courses in data structures (CS-2) in the departments of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Business, and Management Information Systems.
This is the most student-friendly data structures text available that introduces ADTs in individual, brief chapters — each with pedagogical tools to help students master each concept.¿Using the latest features of Java, this unique object-oriented presentation makes a clear distinction between specification and implementation to simplify learning, while providing maximum classroom flexibility.
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- Hardcover: 1008 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 3 edition (September 23, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0136100910
- ISBN-13: 978-0136100911
- Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 8 x 10 inches
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Free Data Structures and Abstractions with Java
I don't even know where to start with the criticisms for this book. First the code examples are in-cohesive and then repeated a few pages later with no added value. The author makes no attempt to connect the code into a whole so that the reader can know what's going on on a macro level. Secondly, the book actually makes rather simple topics incredibly obtuse and frustrating. A single, simple topic will take up pages and pages of space with no actual elaboration or explanation of the topic. It's almost as if the author doesn't actually understand the subject himself. Luckily, the professor teaching this course also provided summaries of each chapter, which elaborated on the topic, using no more than 3 pages! I did end up reading all the chapters, front to back, because I'm OCD and am afraid of missing any little thing, but I can tell you that there's absolutely no reason some of the chapters take up so much space. Thirdly, the questions at the end of the chapter - they are the most badly written, error filled, and vague questions in any book I've ever read. When the professor would assign problems from the book, there would be pages and pages of forum posts on the class website asking for elaboration and pointing out errors. I don't think the author put more than a few seconds of thought on putting the questions together.
Books like this are like the bad teachers in high school. The ones who mumbled and just sat there, sometimes falling asleep at their desks, treating teaching as if it was some kind of welfare program. It makes me feel cheated of the education that I could have had, and the one I paid money for in this case!
Just in case someone thinks I'm saying all this because I did badly in the course. No, I did not do badly, I got an A in this class, with the help of the web, and the professor (who inherited the syllabus from someone else). However, I would have done far better, and learned far more, had another book been used.
By mostlyintact
I struggled with this book and didn't get much out of it except confused.... It talks about chairs in a classroom and uses them as data objects. I sold the book back when the course was over.
By Gregg Hardin