THE BOOK HAS A VERY CLEAR IDENTITY.IT TAKES A TRULY OBJECTS FIRST APPROACH TO TEACHING PROBLEM SOLVING USING JAVA. THESE ARE COMPLICATED CONCEPTS SO THE BOOK USES THE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT BLUEJ TO HELP THE STUDENT’S UNDERSTANDING. BLUEJ HAS A STRNG EMPHASIS ON VISUALIZATION AND INTERACTION TECHNIQUES, AND ALLOWS THE STUDENTS TO MANIPULATE OBJECTS AND CALL METHODS AS A FIRST EXERCISE. BLUEJ IS FREE AND FREELY AVAILABLE, AND HAS BEEN DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR TEACHING.THE BOOK IS LOADED WITHPROJECTS SO THAT THE STUDENT CAN REALLY GET A GRIP ON ACTUALLY SOLVING PROBLEMS; AND IT TAKES A “SPIRAL APPROACH”, INTRODUCING A TOPIC IN A SIMPLE CONTEXT EARLY ON, THEN REVISITING IT LATER IN THE BOOK TO DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING. IT ALSO COMES WITH A C CONTAINING JDK, BLUEJ, A BLUEJ TUTORIAL AND CODE FOR ALL THE PROJECTS. THE WEBSITE CONTAINS STYLE GUIDE FOR ALL EXAMPLES, POWERPOINTS FOR LECTURERS AND ALSO A SOLUTIONS MANUAL.