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Graphic Java: Mastering the AWT (1st Edition) (Sunsoft Press Java Series)

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I wish I hadn't broken the seal on the CD-ROM that came with this book because within 20 minutes I wanted to return it. Subtitled "Mastering the AWT," the book spends very little time on the Java AWT, instead pushing for the use of the JGT (Java Graphics Toolkit) which accompanies the book. The chapters suggest they will be covering the AWT but they all really say "The AWT sucks, and so you should use our JGT." I wanted a book on the AWT

This book was very helpful in terms of providing code and ideas for my project. But having been written in java1.0, it had to be modified. None of the java books are completely Object-Oriented. Ifs and thens should be things of past by now.

The book is not intend for beginner. But, you really should consider it book as your second java book on your bookshelf, if you need AWT now, instead of waiting for Java 1.2. It covers AWT in deep and in detail. It has a lot of example code with detail explanation to almost each few lines of the code, (even in the last few chapters). It spends just enough pages to cover to AWT, but too many coverage on the GJT. However, programming Java 1.2's AWT is going to totally different from Java 1.1. So, it may not be a good time to buy now if you want to learn the most updated AWT.

Very useful for explaining the AWT. Good coverage of things like layout managers and event handling. Good companion book to Java in a Nutshell; use the Nutshell book to learn the language, and this book to learn the AWT API. After reading most of Graphic Java, I now feel like I have a much better understanding of how things fit together in the AWT. The index, unfortunately, has nowhere near the coverage I'd like, making this book less useful as a reference. I recommend this book to experienced programmers trying to learn Java quickly. Combine it with Java in a Nutshell and you've got most of the information you need (the rest is online, specifically the language ref at http://www.javasoft.com/doc/language_specification/index.html). The authors don't waste your time trying to teach you things you already know, they just talk about what you need to understand how to use the AWT.