Instant Java, with CD-ROM (Java Series) [Paperback]

John Pew (Author)

Book Description

Series: Java Series | Publication Date: June 2000

Everyone knows that Java is hot, but can anyone really use it? They can now. HereAs a cookbook that is chock full of Java recipes anyone can use - instantly! Part of the SunSoft Java series, it enables HTML users to easily plug sizzling hot Java special effects into their Web pages.

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Amazon.com Review

Now programmers and nonprogrammers alike can instantly create sizzling Web pages with this practical Java cookbook. The book provides a variety of applets, such as text manipulation, sound, animation, etc., and shows users how to easily plug them into existing web pages with clear directions on how to customize these applets to suit specific needs. An invaluable reference that offers step-by-step instructions for adding Java special effects to any HTML document. The CD-ROM includes all source code and the 60+ applets discussed in the book as well as the Java Developer's Kit. SunSoft Press

From the Publisher

For non-programmers that shows how to integrate ready-to-run JAVA into Web pages. Shows how to add voice, animation, and other special effects. Updated for Netscape 2.0. CD-ROM includes source code.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 340 pages
• Publisher: SunSoft Press; Bk&CD Rom edition (June 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0135658217
• ISBN-13: 978-0135658215
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,870,175 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars In a word: "Worthless!", November 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Instant Java (Paperback)

Here's the bottom line: The book has an accompanying CD that delivers pre-developed applets while the book itself merely describes what the applets do. The concept is good. You don't have to spend time developing. However, you can find these applets on the web and you won't learn A SHRED of Java applet programming. You can download an un-jarrer (to decompress the resulting jar files that are created) and a decompiler (to get to the source code of the class files). That doesn't help because you land up with code that's hard to understand (for example, it's hard to find where some of the extended classes come from). The book gives a plug-in that you can use to change SOME of the characteristics, but it's painfully inflexible in general. Therefore, what's the purpose of the book?

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worthless applets! Authors, please set up a help site!!!, August 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Instant Java (Paperback)

In short, this book is useless. The applets don't work all the time. I got those errors like "Applet ABC can't init: NEW", "Applet ABC can't start: ERROR" on my work PC. There is no place to get help: no email addresses from the authors, no mailing list, no nothing. This is frustrating. The applets were just not tested well in all scenarios by the authors. To help your readers, authors, please spend sometime to set up a site with frequently asked questions. Until then, to my dear friends/readers, PLEASE DON'T BUY THIS USELESS BOOK!!!! It just WASTES your $$$ that you work hard for!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad for beginner and expert alike, January 14, 1998

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This review is from: Instant Java (Textbook Binding)

It has been 2 years since I bought this book. When I first bought it I thought it taught you the Java language and didn't even bother to look at it. Well, the fact is, is that it comes with a CD with a directory full of applets. Inside the book, it teaches you how to get the applets from the CD and how to get them working on your page by placing the right HTML line in your HTML code and how to pass the applet the right arguments. If you are looking for a book to teach you the basics of Java, this is not that book. This book is not even intended for that. If you want a Java book like that, get Teach Yourself Java 1.1 in 21 Days or something. Now, as I said, I bougfht this book 2 years ago. Of course, after I bought this book I got a real Java book so I would actually learn something. After 2 years of learning Java I have become fairly advanced. Recently I looked in the Instant Java Book for Java devoloper's tips it said it had. The tips, scarce as they are, are useless, dumb little tidbits. The applets themselves are horrible. The most useful one is one that displays series of images as animation, and you could do that easily with an animated GIF creation program. Bottom line: don't get this book...spend it on a book from which you will actually gain knowledge of something.