Java Programming For Dummies [Paperback]

Donald Koosis (Author), David Koosis (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 076450388X | ISBN-13: 978-0764503887 | Publication Date: January 25, 1999 | Edition: 3rd

Java Programming "Cheat Sheet" Inside!

Everything You Need to Create Java 2 Applets! If you want to use Java 2 — and not just read about it — this is the book for you. Find out how to add oomph and interactivity to your Web site with some nifty applets, provide a friendly user interface to your corporate database, or develop games. Java^™ Programming For Dummies^®, 3^rd Edition, brings you all the practical information and sample code you need to get programming in Java 2 — right away. Start Programming Today! CD-ROM Includes:

• Java 2: Create your own Java 2 applets with Java 2 development tools from Sun Microsystems
• MindSpring Internet Access
• Microsoft's popular Web browser
• Trial version of JBuilder Professional 2
• Sample applets created by people from around the world — including Ticker Tape, Calendar, Sprite, Quizem, JavaBots, Shopping Cart, and more!

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Inside, find helpful advice on how to:

• Master the latest Internet standards in Java 2
• Write Java 2 code you can use again and again in different applications
• Produce dynamic Web pages that respond to user input
• Create sprites, bots, and other applets that can run on all kinds of computers — PCs, Macs, and UNIX workstations
• Transfer mini programs without losing or corrupting data
• Develop multi-user games you can play across the Internet

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About the Author

About the Authors Donald J. Koosis, owner of ISC Consultants, has been developing materials to help people understand computers for more than 20 years. David Koosis is a native citizen of cyberspace. He helps computers understand people by writing programs in Java, Delphi, C++, and other unspeakable tongues.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 3rd edition (January 25, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076450388X
• ISBN-13: 978-0764503887
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,780,531 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid this book at all costs., December 20, 1999

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Rich Voigt (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Java Programming For Dummies (Paperback)

The title of the book says it all. I was a dummy to buy this book. If you want to learn Java, this book is not for you. I good ground-level book is "Teach Yourself Java" by Joseph O'Neil. A good 2nd book is "Just Java" by Peter van der Linden.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars admittedly quite bad..., March 27, 2000

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Adam Taylor (Auckland, New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Java Programming For Dummies (Paperback)

I had high hopes for this book, after flicking through a lot of the Java books in the bookstore, this one really appealed to me because of the large text and nice diagrams. And while the book was pleasently easy to understand (most of the time), it just doesn't flow very well. I found that around page 130-140 I was finding out the stuff I was wanting to know within the first few pages. They also throw in a chapter on HTML in the most inappropriate place. This book seems VERY rushed, and this is obvious from the large number of errors. I was stuck on my code for a number of hours, before I got help from someone on IRC... they were like "uhh WHY does Switch always have a capital S?" and I replied "because this stupid book told me to *sigh*. Even the bonus pull-out "cheat sheet" that summarizes the whole book has at least one missing semi-colon. Trust me, get something a bit more... concise.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for ambitious dummies, January 8, 1998

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[e-mail] (Norway) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Java Programming for Dummies (Paperback)

Java Programming for Dummies is probably one of the most ambitious books in the Dummies series. The book gives an excellent introduction to Java programming, mainly covering web applet programming.

The writing style of the authors, Donald J. Koosis and David Koosis, perhaps isn't as funny as those of other Dummies-writers, but what they lack in the joke department is weighed up by nice and easy-to-read explanations of difficult subjects. They have concentrated most of the text on how to program web applets, a wise choice considering this is an introductury text on Java programming.

Even though this is a book for the absolute beginner in Java programming, the subjects are so well and thoroughly explained that the book can be used as a reference later on! My only complaint is that the book's covers should specify that the reader should have at least some programming experience. I soon understood that without my sparse knowledge of Visual Basic, I wouldn't have understood the programming concepts as fast as I did. Perhaps this shows that Java programming isn't suitble for Dummies right away. But this book makes Java programming understandable for us dummies too!