The History Behind This Book
The main driver and project manager for the creation of this free open-source programming book are Dr. Svetlin Nakov.
In 2014, the SoftUni initiative was launched. In the beginning, these lessons had a larger range and covered more theory. In 2016 Dr. Svetlin Nakov completely reworked, updated, and simplified the whole method of teaching, strongly emphasizing practice. This is how the core of the learning content of this book was created.
Following the principle of free software and free knowledge, Svetlin Nakov led a team of volunteers and started this open-source project. At first, the idea was to create a free book for the basics of programming in the C# programming language and later extend the initiative with other similar books in various popular programming languages (like Java, JavaScript and Python). This book follows the structure of Programming Basics with C# (English).
The project is part of the hard work of the Software University Foundation to create and distribute open learning content to teach software engineers and IT professionals.
Authors Team
This book is developed by a broad author's team of volunteers who dedicated their time to give away the systematized knowledge and guide you at the start of programming. Below is a list of the main authors (in alphabetical order):
Asya Dikova-Kirova, Daniel Tsvetkov, Dimitar Dalev, Ivaylo Ivanov, Kristiyan Pamidov, Milena Georgieva, Nikolay Bankin, Petar Ivanov, Rositsa Nenova, Svetlin Nakov, Teodor Kurtev, Tsvetan Georgiev, Vaydin Kachanov, Ventsislav Petrov, Zhulieta Atanasova
The book is based on its initial C# variant (Programming Basics with C# (English)), which is developed by a large team of authors that has a significant contribution to the current book. Below is a list of the additional book contributors (editors, translators, others):
Aleksander Krastev, Aleksander Lazarov, Aleksander Peev, Alen Paunov, Angel Dimitriev, Daniel Tsvetkov, Denis Milanov, Desislava Dahterova, Dimitar Tatarski, Dimitar Vlahov, Dimo Dimov, Diyan Tonchev, Elena Rogleva, Hristiyan Hristov, Hristo Hristov, Iskra Nikolova, Ivelin Kirilov, Julieta Atanasova, Kalin Primov, Kiril Kolarov, Kristiyan Pamidov, Luboslav Lubenov, Mariya Nikolova, Monika Petkova, Nikolay Bankin, Nikolay Dimov, Pavlin Petkov, Petar Ivanov, Rositsa Nenova, Rozalina Zaharieva, Ruslan Filipov, Stefka Vasileva, Svetlin Nakov, Teodor Kurtev, Tonyo Zhelev, Tsvetan Iliev, Vanya Voykova, Vasko Viktorov, Venelin Bekyarov, Ventsislav Petrov, Yanitsa Vuleva, Yoana Maksimova, Yulian Linev, Zahariya Pehlivanova, Zhivko Nedyalkov.
Book cover design: Marina Shiderova.
Official Web Site
The book Programming Basics with Java is available for free at the following web address:
License and Distribution
The book is distributed freely in electronic format under an open license CC-BY-NC-SA.
The book is published and distributed on paper by SoftUni, and you can buy a hard copy from online bookstores like Amazon.
You can find the source code of the book in GitHub: https://github.com/SoftUni/Programming-Basics-Book-Java-MN.
International Standard Book Number (ISBN): 978-619-00-1402-7.
Reporting Bugs
If you find mistakes, inaccuracies or bugs in the book, you can report them in the official bug tracker of the project:
https://github.com/SoftUni/Programming-Basics-Book-JAVA-MN/issues
We do not promise to fix everything you send us, but we do want to continually improve the quality of the book, so that reported undoubted errors and all reasonable suggestions will be considered.
Enjoy Reading
Don't forget to write code in large quantities, to test the examples that you'll find at the end of each chapter and more importantly to solve the problems from the exercises. You won't learn to program from just reading the book, so solve as many problems as you can find!