Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours [Paperback]

Rogers Cadenhead (Author), Mark Taber (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0672316307 | ISBN-13: 978-0672316302 | Publication Date: February 18, 1999 | Edition: 1

Sams Teach Yourself Java in 24 Hours is a step-by-step tutorial broken up into 24 short, easy one-hour chapters. It starts out at a lower level than Sams Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days, and takes things at a slower pace, focusing on key programming concepts and essential Java basics. The basic structure of the book and many of its examples remain the same in this new edition, but the author makes use of dozens of reader comments to make improvements to explanatory text and example programs. Additionally, fresh material will cover new components of Java 2, including Java Foundation Classes, Java2D classes for two-dimensional image manipulation, and JavaBeans--a feature of Java 1.1 that has become a key part of Java programming.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Cadenhead's Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours is a definite beginner's book, a self-tutorial in 24 one-hour chapters. The guides on networking, Threads (the ability of Java to multitask by allowing for multiple processes and actions at the same time), and Swing (a powerful Java interface package for visual design) are for advanced Java programmers but will fit well within most libraries.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Sams Teach Yourself Java in 24 Hours is a step-by-step tutorial broken up into 24 short, easy one-hour chapters. It starts out at a lower level than Sams Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days, and takes things at a slower pace, focusing on key programming concepts and essential Java basics. The basic structure of the book and many of its examples remain the same in this new edition, but the author makes use of dozens of reader comments to make improvements to explanatory text and example programs. Additionally, fresh material will cover new components of Java 2, including Java Foundation Classes, Java2D classes for two-dimensional image manipulation, and JavaBeans--a feature of Java 1.1 that has become a key part of Java programming.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 450 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Sams Publishing; 1 edition (February 18, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672316307
• ISBN-13: 978-0672316302
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,689,062 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tough Call, July 7, 2000

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"gunn11" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours (Paperback)

Java is not an easy language to learn which is why I believe some folks have chosen to give it a low mark. I didn't find any errors in this book which is refreshing after reading SQL in 24 hours (Bad Book). I didn't however run very much of the code in the book but I did examine most of the code thoroughly and didn't find anything major. The reason I didn't run the examples is that I started with much more advanced books and got knocked back. So I picked this one up and it helped me out quite a bit, in understanding concepts and understanding the classes included in the jdk. The book is written on a very personal level which I liked a lot and I thought the author was funny.

The book does get much more advanced starting in chapter 10, though this is just a part of learning java. The only reason that I didn't give this book a 5 is that author fails to completely explain a few of the examples in the book. This just made me read the examples over and over again until I understood them. Good learning tool. I would definetly not suggest reading Java 2 in 21 days after a book like this, I would go with Beginning Java 2 by Ivor Horton, which is an excellent book but I wouldn't start with Ivor's book, if your knowledge about java=0.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book! Really helped..., December 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I picked up a couple books on JSP and realized I needed to know more about Java. I didn't know anything... until I got this book.

Well written, worded for a novice, this book will teach you the skills you need to become independent in Java programming. I highly recommend it.

Rogers' sense of humor will crack you up as well. It was a pleasant and informative book. I highly recommend it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book For Beginners, November 27, 2000

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Eric Elbaz (New York City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I looked in to many Java 2 books before making this selection.

You may ask why did I choose this book out of all the others? When making purchase I always have three determining factors, How well is this book written? Will I want read this book? (Will it keep my attention long enough to actually be worth what I paid?) And finally price.

This book met all these criteria's quite well. Rogers explains topics with a pleasant sense of humor. And you actually understand what he's talking about.

This book is relatively cheap... you defiantly get your bang for the buck.

THIS BOOK IS PERFECT FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO KNOW WHAT Java 2 IS ALL ABOUT!

I definitely recommend this book.

Eric Elbaz Premier Technologies Inc.