Java All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies [Paperback]

Doug Lowe (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 076458961X | ISBN-13: 978-0764589614 | Publication Date: April 29, 2005

• Nine minibooks filling more than 800 pages provide the world's five million-plus Java developers with a basic all-in-one programming reference
• Covers the recent release of the Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 and the new J2SE Development Kit 5.0
• Starts with beginner topics including getting started with Java, using the Java development platform, and Web programming
• Expands into more advanced Java fundamentals such as object-oriented programming, working with arrays and collections, and creating user interfaces with Swing

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

9 books in 1— your key to success with Java!

Your one-stop guide to the most-used language for application development

There's no question that Java is the popular kid on the block, and knowing Java will definitely boost your reputation as a developer. Here are all the Java essentials packed into one handy resource. Find out how to do everything from basic programming to using regular expressions and creating applets for the Web, all in one place!

Discover how to

• Work with variables and data types
• Use object-oriented programming
• Program for a network
• Create servlets and Java Server Pages
• Read and write XML data
• Develop simple games

About the Author

Doug Lowe has been writing computer programming books since the guys who invented Java were still in high school. He’s written books on COBOL, Fortran, Visual Basic, for IBM mainframe computers, mid-range systems, PCs, Web programming, and probably a few he’s forgotten about. He’s the author of more than 30 For Dummies books, such as Networking For Dummies (7th Edition), Networking For Dummies All-in-One Desk Reference, PowerPoint 2003 For Dummies, and Internet Explorer 6 For Dummies. He lives in that sunny All-American City Fresno, California, where the motto is, “It’s a sunny, All-American City,” with his wife and the youngest of his three daughters. He’s also one of those obsessive-compulsive decorating nuts who puts up tens of thousands of lights at Christmas and creates computer-controlled Halloween decorations that rival Disney’s Haunted Mansion. Maybe his next book should be Tacky Holiday Decorations For Dummies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 888 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies (April 29, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076458961X
• ISBN-13: 978-0764589614
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,410,587 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Doug Lowe is a veteran author of more than 40 For Dummies books with more than a million copies in print. He's covered everything from productivity software to programming.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First Dummies book--pleasantly surprised!, October 24, 2006

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kalmia (Traverse City, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Java All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies (Paperback)

Been a programmer for a long time but first time trying to learn Java.

This book has been very useful. I think it is very easy to find information on a lot of topics, and the examples are pretty good. Can DOWNLOAD example source code [big PLUS!!].

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good reference & tutorial, but not for the faint-of-heart!, January 21, 2006

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S Walker (Littleton, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Java All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies (Paperback)

This book does a good job at introducing several topics, from basic Java programming to respectable OOP practices. However, I would not consider this a step-by-step intorductory tutorial on Java - more like a "Firehose approach to everything you need to know to be a good Software Engineer, using Java".

My 10 year old son has no programming experience at all, and was able to follow the beginning chapters fairly easily, once we got Java installed. However, diving into the Eclipse framework in chapter 4 and discussing "refactorings" before OOP lost him in a hurry.

The amount of sample code is extensive, and is well used throughout the book to substantiate the topics and ideas. This is truly a reference book that supplies many excellent examples of how to do it "right".

This is a great reference book for the junior programmer, and I would reccomend it to college students up to the 2nd year programmer.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars just treat it as a big Dummies text, July 24, 2005

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W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Java All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies (Paperback)

Don't take too seriously the cover's claim about this book being 9 books wrapped into one. Inside, Lowe follows through on this claim by having groups of chapters, where each group is a "book". If you take that at face value, each book is only some 100 pages or less.

My suggestion is to ignore the 9 books hype. Just regard this as an atypically long Dummies text. You get a decent exposition of the basics of Java. If the book seems long, it is because Java has grown.

The book also correctly gives minimal space to explaining how to write applets. This was the original Java niche. But applets have proven to be disappointing for much serious work. It's nice to see that Lowe has done his homework on this.