Sams Teach Yourself Visual J++ 6 in 21 Days [Paperback]

Rick Leinecker (Author), Richard C. Leinecker (Author)

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Series: Sams Teach Yourself...in 21 Days | Publication Date: December 9, 1998

Sams Teach Yourself Visual J++ 6 is an easy-to-use tutorial that breaks down the tasks of learning Visual J++ into 21 focused lessons. Readers learn through clear explanations of concepts, structured step-by-step tasks, and abundant code samples. This book covers all aspects of using Visual J++ to build a wide range of Java applets and applications, ActiveX objects, COM/DCOM objects, and more.

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Sams Teach Yourself Visual J++ 6 is an easy-to-use tutorial that breaks down the tasks of learning Visual J++ into 21 focused lessons. Readers learn through clear explanations of concepts, structured step-by-step tasks, and abundant code samples. This book covers all aspects of using Visual J++ to build a wide range of Java applets and applications, ActiveX objects, COM/DCOM objects, and more.

About the Author

Rick Leinecker is a professional software developer who specializes in Windows programming with Java and C++. He has written several C++ Windows programming books for IDG and Ventana.

Product Details

• Paperback: 600 pages
• Publisher: Sams (December 9, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672313510
• ISBN-13: 978-0672313516
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,138,911 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I'd give this book 0 stars, but the form won't let me!, April 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Visual J++ 6 in 21 Days (Paperback)

There is little I can say that is positive about this book; I learned one thing about creating a Windows application from it, but otherwise it was wretched. I'll never buy another 21 days book; I didn't have to pay for this one, thank goodness, because it was provided to me as an instructor for a course I was teaching. My students were furious with the quality of the examples, the typos, and the sheer lack of worthwhile content in this book, and it would have been the class from hell if I hadn't found a better text to get examples from. Personally, I would recommend Y. Daniel Liang's book, "Introduction to Java Using Microsoft Visual J++ 6" as a superb text; that is the book my institution is using for next quarter after all the complaints we got on it. If you want to learn any language, here is my advice: Buy a book that teaches the LANGUAGE, not the tool; the tool is largely irrelevant, and with the Visual Studio you will never learn anything if you let the IDE write all your code for you. The tools are nice later on, but get in the way of a beginner.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars waste of resources and time, please grab something else..., July 24, 1999

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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Visual J++ 6 in 21 Days (Paperback)

I have just finished reading this book, basically skimming the last 7 chapters (or days I should say). I gave quite a break in between, but when I went back to Day 14, I realized this is not going anywhere. I have worked on three programs on Animation and none worked. The whole code is given without any explanation. As one previous reviewer put it, that kind of code is already given when you run Visual J++. If there is no explanation, why need this book? I am totally puzzled. The Q&A at the end of each day is a big joke. I am really afraid of the programmers who would study this book and think that they are competent with J++ right away. I am immediately in search of another programming book. If anyone who would like my copy, please send me an email, and I will mail it to you if you send me the postage. IMHO, waste of time. Grap another book, please, if you are serious.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worse book I have ever read., April 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Visual J++ 6 in 21 Days (Paperback)

After reading the first 3 chapter of the book, I could no longer continue because this book contain too much garbage. I found myself skipping a lot of pages. For example, there will be pages of source code in the book that is an exact replicate of what you will find when you use Visual J++ wizard to automatically create a project for you. The source code was listed with no explanation and no apparent reason. These is another situation where you will find 2-3 pages teaching you how to use WS_FTP software to uploading file to Web Server. The worse is screen shot for WS_FTP were also printed with totally unrelated file selected as an example ready for upload. The author spent too little time on helping the reader to create sample program and the sample programs are way to simple with no business application experience. I would like to suggest the author to follow the same format use by the author Davis Chapmen in "Teach yourself Visual C++ in 21 days" which is the best book I have ever read.