Java Developer's Resource: A Tutorial and On-Line Supplement (Resource Series) [Paperback]

Elliotte Rusty Harold (Author)

Book Description

Series: Resource Series | Publication Date: September 1996

This book shows you how to write full-featured, dynamic, graphical, interactive Java applets and applications, even if you don't have experience with other object-oriented languages.

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This book shows you how to write full-featured, dynamic, graphical, interactive Java applets and applications, even if you don't have experience with other object-oriented languages.

Product Details

• Paperback: 608 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr; 1st edition (September 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0135707897
• ISBN-13: 978-0135707890
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,804,014 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Elliotte is originally from New Orleans to which he returns periodically in search of a decent bowl of gumbo. However, he currently resides in Irvine, California with his wife Beth, dog Shayna, and cats Charm (named after the quark) and Marjorie (named after his mother-in-law). He's a frequent speaker at industry conferences including Software Development, Dr. Dobb's Architecure & Design World, SD Best Practices, Extreme Markup Languages, and too many user groups to count. He's currently working on the XOM Library for processing XML with Java, the Jaxen XPath engine, and the Amateur media player.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent for beginning Java, April 6, 1999

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This review is from: Java Developer's Resource: A Tutorial and On-Line Supplement (Resource Series) (Paperback)

An excellent resource for those who wish to begin programming in Java. I found this book very helpful in learning Java. By far the best I've read. EE261 students should check this one out.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I wish he wrote more on Java., June 7, 2001

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This review is from: Java Developer's Resource: A Tutorial and On-Line Supplement (Resource Series) (Paperback)

This book was great in its day.

Elliotte Rusty Harold seems to latch on to new technologies and write excellent introductions to them. Unfortunately, he does not seem to care to write second editions -- he just moves on to other subject matter.

This book is almost useless now except for the basics of the Java language.

5.0 out of 5 stars Well done textbook, November 24, 1997

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This review is from: Java Developer's Resource: A Tutorial and On-Line Supplement (Resource Series) (Paperback)

I found this textbook very well written, organized and clear. The author provides code for perhaps 100 to 150 short applications and applets, each of which demonstrates an element in the language or Toolkit. He then explains the code well. Each chapter builds on the previous. Most, (but not all), of the exercise problems have answers posted on his website. The book is aimed at individuals with some-to-moderate programming experience, who are new to Java. It would be an excellent textbook for a Junior College level course in Java.