Radio Shack gave me ten of the scanners when I asked for them for my intro java class--and someone had kindly posted a java utility class, which I had my students incorporate into some really cool projects. One kid printed his list of bookmarks on his t-shirt as bar codes and wrote a small applet to browse to a scanned site.
This collection of Jon Bentley's columns (from Communications of the ACM) holds timeless advice for developers. I'd recommend it as a language-neutral, think-before-you-write book for a wide range of audiences. I continue to use it in teaching HS C++ and Java, year after year.
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Radio Shack gave me ten of the scanners when I asked for them for my intro java class--and someone had kindly posted a java utility class, which I had my students incorporate into some really cool projects. One kid printed his list of bookmarks on his t-shirt as bar codes and wrote a small applet to browse to a scanned site.
This collection of Jon Bentley's columns (from Communications of the ACM) holds timeless advice for developers. I'd recommend it as a language-neutral, think-before-you-write book for a wide range of audiences. I continue to use it in teaching HS C++ and Java, year after year.