Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 Online in Web Time (The Teach Yourself Series) [Paperback]

Stephen Gilbert (Author), Bill McCarty (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1999 | Series: The Teach Yourself Series

Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 Online in Web Time helps the first-time programmer or the programmer new to Java to learn Java and its APIs. Written in a warm and familiar style, Teach Yourself Java in WebTime requires no previous programming experience. It incorporates the proven instructional techniques of the Teach Yourself series, including end-of-section quizzes and programming exercises that allow you to review and expand upon the concepts and skills presented in that chapter. The learning experience is further enhanced with an instructional Web site.

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Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 Online in Web Time helps the first-time programmer or the programmer new to Java to learn Java and its APIs. Written in a warm and familiar style, Teach Yourself Java in WebTime requires no previous programming experience. It incorporates the proven instructional techniques of the Teach Yourself series, including end-of-section quizzes and programming exercises that allow you to review and expand upon the concepts and skills presented in that chapter. The learning experience is further enhanced with an instructional Web site.

About the Author

Steve Gilbert teaches Computer Science at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California. Bill McCarty teaches Computer Science and management Information Systems at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 867 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Sams Publishing (August 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672316684
• ISBN-13: 978-0672316685
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,589,913 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Introduction to Programming, December 6, 1999

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Dana Nourie (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 Online in Web Time (The Teach Yourself Series) (Paperback)

Java 2 Online in Web Time is a great introduction to programming, and especially to the Java(TM) programming language. The authors have done a fine job of using real world examples to explain objects, what they are, why they're useful, and how to declare them.

For the new programmer, this book gives easy to understand details on programming syntax. You don't need to know C++ or any other programming language to understand the concepts in this book.

Each new feature is fully explained and the quizzes and exercises are great in enhancing what you learn in each lesson.

I recommend it to anyone wanting to learn programming, and those wanting to learn the Java programming language.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book but needs better editing, March 18, 2000

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John Geiger (Small Town USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 Online in Web Time (The Teach Yourself Series) (Paperback)

I agree with all of the other comments on this book so far. the one thing I did not find here however is any mention that the book refers to things on the CD-Rom that are not on the CD, in fact there is not even a copy of JDK on the CD you must download the 20meg file yourself from Sun. also there are a lot of typos in this book, I realize this is the norm anymore but in several of the examples things were just wrong. For example in Exercise 3 they refer to modifying the JButton statement while there is no JButton statement only a JLabel.

one last gripe here.. The on-line part of this publication is terrible, very outdated technology used here, also the questions are not exactly in synch with the text.

The book on it's own is excellent, it gives a very concise description of OOP, and more. If however your main reason for purchasing this book is because it is On-Line, then don't bother. The online portion of this is not worth the hassle and I can only assume the sole purpose for having an on-line portion is to jump on the Web bandwagon, and possible to further their Marketing research as you are asked a million questions when signing up.

Believe it or not.. This is my favorite book on Beginning JAVA so far and I have been through over 15 of them just on JAVA2.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Splendid way to start Java, June 14, 2000

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Patrick Lentz (Emmeloord, Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 Online in Web Time (The Teach Yourself Series) (Paperback)

I had no actual experience in programming, had a four week course in VB last year and just fumbled around some with that when I started this book beginning of April 2000. I found the book easy to read and the author has humor which helps getting through 800 pages. For me it was the perfect way to start with Java, not too easy and not too difficult..just right. There's a lot of code examples and more online exercises with answers too. Also I found the online messageboard very helpfull. It's true that there is no help from SAMS as promissed which cost them a star in my opinion, but it turns out that a lot of students have fun helping eachother out and it's very educational and fun to help eachother. Recommended to start out with before beginning with another great book "Thinking in Java" from Bruce Eckel...