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

by Herbert Schildt (Author) "To fully understand Java, one must understand the reasons behind its creation, the forces that shaped it, and the legacy that it inherits..." (more)
Key Phrases: invoking buffer, int startlndex, erase any previous error message, Method Description, Collections Framework, John Doe (more...)

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Product Description

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.

From the Back Cover

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

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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 x 7.4 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #118,680 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Skippy the deer (Australia) - See all my reviews

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.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good first book to the language - incomplete review, July 12, 2008

By	J. Auer - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this book for a class i'm taking. We're roughly 1/4 of the way through the class, so i have not fully utilized the book.

However, i would like to say that the early chapters do an EXCELLENT job of going over the basics in detail. For example: i had totally forgotten how most computers represent negative numbers (two's complement) and why. This book explained it to me in about a page and a half.

Having already programmed in a few, similar languages, it was painful to read about how the 'if' statement works when i already know it. But i find myself reading the assigned chapters completely, just to make sure i don't miss some bit of knowledge that escaped me in the past, such as two's complement and the like.

If you're new to programming, this book should help you out a lot in understanding why programs work the way they do. If you just need a book for a reference try looking here

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