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Jbuilder Essentials

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I went looking for a book that would help me learn to use JBuilder. I found that in JBuilder Essentials.

It walks you through a number of examples in clear, consise language. After creating just a couple of applications, it was easy to move onto the next chapter while remembering what I had learned in previouse chapters.

It comes with an older version of JBuilder (Trial version), and that's OK, the newer versions just build on what I learned from this book.

If you want to learn JBuilder, * B U Y T H I S B O O K *

If you know java and want to switch to IDE , this is the book for you.This book explains HOW to use JBuilder to create applications (database)and explains the in and outs related to JBuilder which is not even available on the online documantation nor any book available in the maket( Believe me I have spent a lot of money and time reading books like LEARN JBuilder WRITTEN in 14 or 21 Days ) .

I found JBuilder Essentials to be an excellent book for developing database applications. As the title properly denotes, it is not a Java reference. It focuses more on guiding the reader in the development of applications using JBuilder rich toolset, specially in the utilization of user interface and database classes and controls. If you are looking for a fast and practical path to learn application development using JBuilder, this is the book you need.

JBuilder Essentials is not for novices learning Java but is an excellent book that covers adequately many of the difficult areas in JBuilder such as database and model-view architecture (topics missing in most other books and poorly covered in Borland documentation). Writing style is excellent and very readable. In working through the model-view examples I did find some errata. In looking at other errata posted, there are only minimal entries -- generally, a well-edited book. I would highly recommend this book for anyone working on developing applications -- it is not for novices. The book admits to "thin" coverage on some topics (sql, jdbc, etc.) but does provide references where the authors have limited their coverage (by necessity, not oversight).

This book gives a good introduction on how to use JBuilder. There are a few minor errors in the book, but any one who has programmed before can figure them out. The book will teach the basics of object oriented programming. A Definite Must for Some New to JBuilder.....

This book does a good job providing an introduction to JBuilder. The examples don't always work if you're running JBuilder2 but with some knowledge of Java one can easily find the problem. I mainly need the book because of the Database part and It really helped me a lot.

When I bought this book I knew a little about Java and nothing about JBuilder. This book does a good job providing an introduction to JBuilder. Since the book was written for JBuilder, the examples don't always work if you're running JBuilder2. Although the examples are basic, they are helpful and I refer back to them from time to time. I also found the examples were more meaty than JBuilder's online tutorials. The book also did a decent job explaining various database topics. Over-all a good introductory book ... it should be updated for JBuilder2.

This is a nice book about the JBuilder programming environment. It is not a book for learning Java with JBuilder, wich i think is a plus (there are enough general Java books available). It's also not a good reference guid. I found this book far better than the JBuilder no experiance required from John Zukowski wich in my opinion is a basic Java book with a few JBuilder screen shot's.

I went looking for specific info about using datamodules as I'm a Delphi person, and I was not disappointed. The authors deliver on database examples for java applications and applets using jdbc, both single-table and master/detail. There is even some model/view info in the back if you don't want to use the data-enabled controls. I highly recommend this book.

A very well written book with thoughtful insights and good topic selections, but unfortunately very out of date if you are using the latest version of JBuilder (version 6). While one is able to learn many of the essential features of the JBuilder IDE, and gain good information on various topics (database access via JDBC, layout management, debugging) many of the examples involve interacting with dialogs, wizards, and muti-tabbed panes that have radically changed in the newest release of JBuilder. Despite the gains one achieves by figuring out how to perform such actions with JBuilder 6, I spent many moments in frustration. Good for additional information on Java, but look elsewhere for information on the JBuilder 6 IDE.