Starting Out with Java: From Control Structures through Objects, Lab Manual

This lab manual accompanies Starting Out With Java: From Control Structures to Objects, by Tony Gaddis. Each lab gives students hands on experience with the major topics in each chapter. It is designed for closed laboratories—regularly scheduled classes supervised by an instructor, with a length of approximately two hours. Lab manual chapters correspond to textbook chapters. Each chapter in the lab manual contains learning objectives, an introduction, one or two projects with various tasks for the students to complete, and a listing of the code provided as the starting basis for each lab. Labs are intended to be completed after studying the corresponding textbook chapter, but prior to programming challenges for each chapter in the textbook. Students should copy the partially written code (available at www.aw.com/cssupport) and use the instructions provided in each task to complete the code so that it is operational. Instructions will guide them through each lab having them add code at specified locations in the partially written program. Students will gain experience in writing code, compiling and debugging, writing testing plans, and finally executing and testing their programs. Note: Labs 7 and 12 are written entirely by the student using the instructions in the various tasks, so there is no code provided as a starting basis.