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TITLE
| | Murach's Beginning Java 2 JDK 5
| | EDITION
| | 1st
| | ISBN
| | 1-890774-29-4
| | AUTHOR(S)
| | Andrea Steelman, Joel Murach, Doug Lowe
| | PUBLISHER
| | Mike Murach & Associates, Inc.
| | PUBLISHED
| | 2005
| | LEVEL(S)
| | 2 and 3 [about levels]
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| SYNOPSIS |
"This is one of the best books on learning any language I've ever read. So I made it an 'Editor's Choice' on the site, and it says so on every page."
That's what the webmaster of LearningJava.net said about the first edition of this book. And we've received dozens of other reviews and comments like that from beginning programmers, experienced programmers, Java trainers, college instructors, and college students. As one programmer commented:
"This is the most practical beginning Java 2 book I have ever seen. If I'd seen this book first, I would not have wasted money (and time) on 6 other books! This one is highly organized, clear, and very effective as a learning tool."
When the authors started to revise this book for the latest release of Java, though, they decided that it wasn't enough to just add the new 5.0 features to the old book. Instead, to take full advantage of the new features, they decided that they had to re-engineer the book from start to finish. The result is a book that will help you learn faster and better than ever as well as a book that will raise you to a new level of Java expertise.
What you'll learn from this new edition
In section 1, you'll learn how to install and configure the Standard Edition of Java 2 (J2SE), and how to write complete applications in the first 2 chapters. And by the time you finish the 5 chapters in this section, you'll know how to use Java classes, objects, and methods, plus you'll know how to write bulletproof applications that use custom methods to validate user input. That gets you off to a fast start whether you're a complete beginner or have years of programming experience.
In section 2, you'll start by learning how to create and use your own business and database classes, which is the basis for object-oriented design and programming. Then, in chapters 7 through 9, you'll learn how to develop more sophisticated classes that use inheritance, interfaces, packages, type-safe enumerations, and the factory pattern. In short, the first two sections in this book show you how to develop real-world, object-oriented, business applications.
In section 3, you'll learn more core Java features that you'll use all the time, like how to work with arrays, collections, dates, strings, exceptions, and threads. Along the way, you'll learn new 5.0 features like enhanced for loops, typed collections, generics, autoboxing, assertions, and the StringBuilder class. Because each chapter in this section is independent of the others, you can add these skills to your repertoire whenever you need them.
In section 4, you'll learn how to develop graphical user interfaces (GUIs) with Java. First, you'll learn how to use Swing components to develop real-world GUI applications that handle events, validate data, and populate objects. Then, you'll learn how to develop applets, a special type of Java application that can be downloaded from the Internet and run within a web browser.
To complete your knowledge of the object-oriented model, section 5 shows you how to write the data access classes that store the data for objects in a file or database. Here, you'll learn how to work with text files and binary files, including random-access files; how to work with XML documents and files; and how to use JDBC to work with databases.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
| | Andrea Steelman | Andrea was a cryptologist with the US Navy before going to work as a C++ programmer at an aerospace company where she designed and developed aircraft systems. With that background, she was surprised to discover how difficult it was to learn Java from the best selling books. So in Murach's Beginning Java 2, her goal is to save you the time and effort she had to go through. Her next assignment was to upgrade our web site so it used servlets and JSPs instead of Perl. And once again she discovered how difficult the available books make these subjects. That's why she took a new approach in Murach's Java Servlets and JSP that will make it much easier for you to learn Java web programming. | | Joel Murach | Joel has been writing and editing for more than 10 years. During that time, he sharpened his programming skills as a contract programmer in San Francisco and his instructional skills as a trainer for HarpersCollins Publishing. Then, he put all his skills to work as the editor for our Beginning Java 2 book and as the co-author and editor of our Servlets and JSP book. As an editor or an author, Joel always brings a vision to his projects that leads to an improved structure and effectiveness. We think that's particularly evident in our two Java books. |
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