Java The Complete Reference, Seventh Edition (Osborne Complete Reference Series) [Paperback]

Herbert Schildt (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0072263857 | ISBN-13: 978-0072263855 | Publication Date: December 1, 2006 | Edition: 7

The world's leading programming author offers comprehensive coverage of the new Java release

The definitive guide to Java has been fully expanded to cover every aspect of Java SE 6, the latest version of the worldAnd#39;s most popular Web programming language. This comprehensive resource contains everything you need to develop, compile, debug, and run Java applications and applets.

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The Definitive Guide for Java Programmers

In this comprehensive resource, top-selling programming author Herbert Schildt shows you everything you need to develop, compile, debug, and run Java programs. This expert guide has been updated for Java Platform Standard Edition 6 (Java SE 6) and offers complete coverage of the Java language, its syntax, keywords, and fundamental programming principles.

You'll also find information on Java's key API libraries, learn to create applets and servlets, and use JavaBeans. Herb has even included expanded coverage of Swing--the toolkit that defines the look and feel of the modern Java GUI. Essential for every Java programmer, this lasting resource features the clear, crisp, uncompromising style that has made Herb the choice of millions of programmers worldwide.

Coverage includes:

• Data types and operators
• Control statements
• Classes and objects
• Constructors and methods
• Interfaces and packages
• Method overloading and overriding
• Inheritance
• Exception handling
• Generics
• Autoboxing
• Enumerations
• Annotations
• The enhanced for loop
• Varargs (variable-length arguments)
• Multithreading
• The I/O classes
• Networking
• The Collections Framework
• Applets and servlets
• AWT and layout managers
• JavaBeans
• Swing
• The Concurrent API
• Much, much more

About the Author

Herbert Schildt is a leading authority on Java, C, C++, and C#. His programming books have sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide and have been translated into all major foreign languages. Herb is the author of numerous bestsellers, including The Art of Java, Java: A Beginner's Guide, Swing: A Beginner's Guide, and many others.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1024 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 7 edition (December 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072263857
• ISBN-13: 978-0072263855
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #58,954 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent Beginner Book, Hardly a Complete Reference, March 31, 2009

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Joel Fritz "Barrelhouse Solly" (N Ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Java The Complete Reference, Seventh Edition (Osborne Complete Reference Series) (Paperback)

This was the text for a class I just finished. It's clearly written and does cover the new elements of the Java 6 platform. The author seems obsessed with AWT and applets in spite of neither having been used much this century. The book gives short shrift to swing. The book has nothing about java.sql and database connectivity. It touches briefly on servlets and ignores jsps.

If you're interested in an introduction to the nuts and bolts of the language the book is OK, if not inspired. Don't expect it to serve as a reference; it's short on detail. I would have liked to have seen a stronger emphasis on OO design. Most of the code examples are written in a procedural style that wouldn't have been out of place in 1985. A positive for the code examples is that every one I've tried compiles and seems to run properly.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ok for reference and to get into, January 9, 2007

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Skippy the deer (Australia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Java The Complete Reference, Seventh Edition (Osborne Complete Reference Series) (Paperback)

I am new to java but programmed in C before. Currently I use the Sun java tutorial and the contents of the above book to get into Java. Un some areas the Java tutorial is better understandable and in some others the above book. Using both gets most of the questions answered. The above book is quite good to have a fast reference to scan through, if one prefers to use a book than to sort it out on the computer.

Unfortunately both are not providing real full propper understandable application examples when it gets more complicated, i.e. examples with proper multi thread operation with propper error handling, internationalization etc. These could be some kind of full applicatation covering not more than a few pages.

Internationalisation seems not to be covered by the above book at all. I don't think it matters much if the software is used only locally but as soon as it is posted on the internet, one should have serious thoughts about it.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive but painfully dry, September 3, 2008

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java wannabe (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Java The Complete Reference, Seventh Edition (Osborne Complete Reference Series) (Paperback)

If you're looking for the one-stop reference book --- this is it. But like other reference books, this one may sit, unused on your desk gathering dust. It's a painfully dry read guaranteed to put you to sleep at night.