Mastering Java 1.1 [Paperback]

Ivan Phillips (Author), Goang-Tay Hsu (Author), Krishna Sankar (Author), Eric Ries (Author), Philip Heller (Author), John McGloughlin (Author), John Zukowski (Author), Laurence Vanhelsuwe (Author, Editor)

Book Description

Series: Mastering | Publication Date: April 1997

e "most comprehensive, accurate, forward-thinking guide to Java" ("Java Developer's Journal"). The book provides a broad understanding of the Java architecture, language, and environment, an in-depth study of the Java language, and a thorough treatment of the Java Development Kit. The CD is packed with the best cutting-edge Java tools and utilities.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1049 pages
• Publisher: Sybex Inc; 2nd edition (April 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782120709
• ISBN-13: 978-0782120707
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,131,236 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not too shabby, June 19, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Mastering Java 1.1 (Paperback)

This is a very good book for those who want to get a good start on learning Java 1.1. Even for those with no OOP experience, it teaches you abstraction, interfacing, overloading, and the basic Java syntax. As far as all that goes, it's great.

When it starts getting into AWT, it starts jumping ahead a bit too quickly. AWT is something that needs lots of coverage and lots of examples and explaining, and Mastering Java 1.1 is lacking here. The on-CD examples sometimes lack the .java source, and in some cases, the .java sources are riddled with compile time and runtime errors, or trivial typos, like getId() instead of getID(), proving that the publisher (or whomever) didn't prooftest them. I've even caught the book using a few deprecated usages such as resize() instead of setSize().

Overall, not a bad book at all. I've got a firm grasp on the basics and non-visual part of Java, but I'm frustrated with it when it comes to learning AWT: GUI, animation, images, etc. This book leaves the reader to desire something a bit more complete and less in a hurry.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Book not well received by students, November 19, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Mastering Java 1.1 (Paperback)

We used this book to teach an introductory Java course for experienced programmers. Without exception the students didn't like the book. They felt they really couldn't learn from it--topics are covered too quickly. They wanted a text with a more step-by-step approach and one with more examples.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Looking for learn real 1.1 java coding???, January 17, 1998

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Johnathan Mark Smith - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mastering Java 1.1 (Paperback)

If you are looking to learn real java 1.1 coding then this is the book for you. Mastering java 1.1 is one of the faw books out today that will see you have to code with java to the 1.1 spec ! !