Pro Java Programming [Paperback]

Brett Spell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 17, 2005 | Series: Pro

Pro Java Programming, Second Edition covers the J2SE 5.0 platform and the core Java development kit. It takes advantage of the finer points of the core and standard edition of Java 2. You’ll discover the particulars of working with the Java language and APIs to develop applications in many different contexts.

You will also delve into more advanced topics like enums, generics, XML, metadata or the Swing APIs for graphical user interface design and development. By the end of the book, you’ll be fully prepared to take advantage of Java's ease of development, and able to create powerful, sophisticated Java applications.

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About the Author

Brett Spell has been programming professionally in Java since 1996 and is a Sun-certified Java programmer, developer, and architect. Brett is a regular contributor to Java Pro magazine and former columnist on design patterns for the Intel Developer Services web site. He currently lives in Plano, Texas, with his wife, Shari, and daughters, Ashleigh and Kaitlin.

Product Details

• Paperback: 720 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 2nd edition (June 17, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590594746
• ISBN-13: 978-1590594742
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,045,893 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Grab bag, but mostly Swing, July 20, 2005

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Jack D. Herrington "engineer and author" (Silicon Valley, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pro Java Programming (Paperback)

This book covers a grab bag of reasonably advanced Java topics. These include collections, XML, some database access, and Swing. Roughly half of the book is Swing. The first chapter, which covers library design, is solid.

The exposition is solid, if a little dry. The illustrations are good. The book does rely a little heavily on code to do most of the expository work.

I recommend having a look at this book in person before buying it. See if there is enough there on the topics that interest you to make it worth the purchase.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book, March 21, 2006

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nee "nee" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pro Java Programming (Paperback)

I really liked this book. The explanations are very clear and thorough. I agree with the previous review, that the book is a little SWING and code heavy. The SWING stuff is however just used as examples to explain a concept. The author is not trying to teach you SWING through this book. I guess that also the reason for longer code samples. Swing adds a few extra lines of code to each sample, but without that .. it might be difficult to follow through.

Overall .. this is a good intermediate/advanced level book.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book is a snore, October 7, 2010

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This review is from: Pro Java Programming (Paperback)

I have never in my life read a programming book that has three consecutive pages of code, with no comments!.. The author has made this material unbelievably dry and torturous to read. I cannot recommend this book to anyone.