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Rapid Java Application Development Using JBuilder 3.

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Recently I have been creating Java beans using JBuilder 3 and have searched everywhere, including the newsgroups, for help in depth to no avail. On the custom property editors for beans topic alone the book is worth every penny. It took me days to figure out I had to delete the .pme files manually and restart JBuilder to see new bean properties. I submitted this bug to Borland with of course no response yet. On p. 468 Liang gives this exact Tip. I used to teach and there was a basic rule of thumb. People are very good at generalizing, they learn from the specific to the general. That means teach by example, good complete full examples like this book, and people can generalize from them. The numerous non-trivial examples look very good, they have already given me some good ideas. Highly recommended.

This is an excellent book, one of the very few for TEACHING Advance Java using Borland JBuilder3 RAD. There are a lot of Advance Java books out in the market but virtually all of them are what I would refer to as "reference books" .... this one by Dr. Liang is a teaching text book.

This is a book for you only if you already KNOW the java fundamentals ... e.g. classes, inheritance, AWT, interfaces, etc. and you want to extend that knowledge into the advance aspects of Java such as Java Beans, Swing classes, JDBC, etc.

I use this text by manually typing in all of Liang's example programs ... they all work. The only glitch I found was a few programs that required user's local resource (e.g. "images/indiana.gif" was not supplied) but didn't bother to mention it to the reader.

Enterprise Java Beans and Swing Classes are covered thoroughly. I wish there were more on RMI, Corba and something on Servlets.

Buy this book if you want to learn some of the advanced aspects of Java using JBuilder3.

Liang's book helped me tap into an MsAccess97 database using firstly, JDBC, and secondly, dataExpress components. The explanation on the Swing components is also good and practical, particularly ilustrating how to design using the model-view architecture with JList, JCombobox and JTable components. JBuilder 3 may also be configured to use the recently released JDK1.3. Very clear and easy. Great book ... Thank you, Mr Liang.

After my first Java class using Dr. Liang's other book "Java Programming using JBuilder 3" as text in the summer, I was able to write an applet to convert a C++ client program to Java using I/O stream, Socket and Swing before the fall quarter started. How was I able to learn these advanced Java features and used them in such a short period of time?

The answer is: during the quarter break, in front of my own computer, I followed each sample in this book to teach myself subjects such as JavaBean, Advanced Swing, Socket, RMI and CORBA.

Sample in this book is not only easy to set up and follow but also can produce very exciting results. For example, by following samples for Socket or RMI, beginners can easily set up two computers to play games with each other or by following samples for JDBC, SQL commands can be issued to manipulate popular databases in a remote setting.

Last thing I want to say about the book is considering the purchase price of JBuilder Enterprise version in the rank of thousands of dollars, this book is a real bargain because it comes with JBuilder Enterprise version on a CD for three months' free use.

This book does not explain the concepts involved. Instead, it dives into examples. Further, these examples introduce concepts that are not essential to the subject being discussed, leading to further confusion.

Might be ok as a work-book, if you take it, sit at JBuilder, and run each example. However, if what you want is an overview of concepts, this is not the book for you.

The typos are irritating too.

One of the worst books I read. It uses many pages to explain what to click and how to proceed without giving any meaningful and indepth information. Also, the click guidance is incorrect since it applies for a different version of jbuilder. It is supposed to be a textbook (with excercises) to teach university 101 courses. Thanks God I am not in Mr Liangs's class.