Textbooks

The course text is Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, Second Edition by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman (MIT Press and McGraw-Hill, 1996).

There is also a recommended textbook: The Little Schemer (Fourth Edition) by Daniel P. Friedman and Matthias Felleisen (MIT Press, 1996).

You can purchase a copy of the Revised^5 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme at Copyworks (105 Welch Avenue in Ames).

Although we don't have a particular recommendation at the bookstores for Java texts, you may want to get a book on Java programming. The following are some possibilities that seem good.

• The Java Programming Language (second edition) by Ken Arnold and James Gosling (Addison-Wesley, 1998).
• The Java Tutorial, Second Edition: Object-Oriented Programming for the Internet by Mary Campione and Kathy Walrath (Addison-Wesley, 1998), which you can also view on-line.
• Just Java 1.1 and Beyond, Third edition by Peter van der Linden (SunSoft Press, 1999).
• On To Java, Second Edition by Patrick Henry Winston and Sundar Narasimhan (Addison-Wesley, 1998).
• Thinking in Java by Bruce Eckel (Prentice-Hall, 1998), which you can download for free in various formats.
• Java Examples in a Nutshell: A Tutorial Companion to Java in a Nutshell by David Flanagan (O'Reilly, 1997).
• Teach Yourself Java 1.1 in 21 Days by Laura Lemay, Charles L. Perkins (Sams.net publishing, 1997).
• A Little Java, A Few Patterns by Matthias Felleisen and Daniel P. Friedman (MIT Press, 1997).
• There are also several on-line texts for learning Java. One place to look is on Sun's site for its categorical listing of training and tutorial material and and documentation and training materials.

If you want reference material, the following are good.

• The Java Language Specification by James Gosling, Bill Joy, and Guy Steele (Addison-Wesley, 1996), which you can also be view on-line, along with a list of changes for Java 1.1 and clarifications and ammendments.
• Java in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition by David Flanagan (O'Reilly, 1997).
• Downloadable and browsable documentation for JDK 1.1 (as currently on our HP machines) and JDK 1.2 (as on your home computer).

Some reserve material related to programming languages is at the reserve desk of the Parks Library.