Instant Java [Paperback]

John A. Pew (Author), Sunsoft Books (Author), Pew (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 17, 1998 | Series: Java (Addison-Wesley)

Here's everything Web authors need to add Java applets to their Web pages without writing code -- including over 75 up-to-date sample applets, audio, animations, image maps, ticker tapes, and much more. This new third edition is updated with new applets and information. All applets are now self-configuring through the Java Plug-In for Web browsers; BeanizedTM, and updated for the new Java Event Handler. You'll find extensive practical examples of how these prefabricated applets can be used, parameters that maximize their flexibility, and clear installation instructions. The applets run on Netscape 4.06 (and higher) and Internet Explorer 4.0x -- and support UNIX and Windows 95/NT.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

If you're not a programmer, but you've done some HTML and are eager to move on to bigger and better things, this may be the Java book for you. The book provides a variety of applets and shows you how to customize them and plug them into existing Web pages. Jazz up your Web page with audio, animation, ticker tapes, and more! Other books focus on the theory and technical details of Java, but this one lets you use text, images and sound on your Web pages immediately. Covers release 1.1. --This text refers to the Textbook Binding edition.

From the Publisher

Instant Java applets for even non-programmers! Instant Java contains new applets and updated information, including many new examples, for non-programmers who want to plug Java applets into their Web sites instantly. It contains everything Web authors need to add Java applets to Web pages, including over 65 up-to-date sample applets, audio, animations, image maps, ticker tapes, and more. The second edition includes many more examples of how these prefabricated applets can be used, new parameters that make the applications much more flexible, and even clearer installation instructions. Instant Java is ideal for anyone who wants to incorporate Java applets in their Web sites without learning the entire Java programming language. --This text refers to the Textbook Binding edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 452 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 3rd edition (December 17, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130105333
• ISBN-13: 978-0130105332
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,187,591 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.