Special Edition Using Java 2 Standard Edition specifically covers only the Standard Edition of version 1.3 of the Java Software Development Kit (SDK). It begins with a series of quick refreshers for Object-oriented programming and Java fundamentals, including applet programming and threads, to ensure that readers are up to speed. The book then moves to intermediate Java features including user interface design with Java Foundation Classes (JFC) and Abstract Windows Toolkit (AWT), data structures and Java utilities, containers and layout managers, and creating images. Later chapters cover advanced topics including Internationalization & creating JAR archive files. Useful appendices offer further Java resources & SDK tool information. Throughout the book, the authors focus on Java 2 Standard Edition SDK version 1.3 changes, including the newest <169>HotSpot<170> compiler, which offers increased performance, faster start-up and smaller memory usage, among other improvements.
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Special Edition: Using Java 2 Standard Edition puts an all-inclusive tutorial on desktop Java development into your hands in one big volume. Chock-full of examples and tips, this one-stop source for learning Java will suit the needs of beginning or intermediate Java developers.
This massive, comprehensive guide to Java, weighing in at over 1,100 pages, is dedicated to the principle that more is more. Beginning with basic Java syntax and keywords, the fundamentals of Java are examined in a tour of the basics that is probably as good as any available--in that it mentions important object-oriented design principles early on without getting bogged down in jargon. The book also manages to integrate some Unified Modeling Language (UML)--particularly class diagrams--throughout, making this an up-to-date and effective guide to object-oriented design. Sections on built-in core Java classes for strings, threads, and collections (centering on the new collection classes from Java 2 onward) help build basic Java skills.
The book does a good job of exploring user interface design and graphics under both the older Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) and the new Swing classes. The solid tour of basic image processing and the nicely meticulous tour of user interface components are especially good. Advanced programmers will benefit from the material on the JFC Accessibility APIs; drag-and-drop functionality; and Java Media Framework API (JMF), which permits video and sound streaming.
Later sections move on to coverage of network, I/O, and database programming, including a clear explanation of the (sometimes confusing) support for Java streams. Later chapters on JDBC cover the basics while highlighting new features in Java 2 (which permit updating records, for instance). For advanced developers, a closing section on the powerful Java support for reflection (which allows code to "inspect" Java classes at run time and call methods dynamically) rounds out this capable tour. All in all, this text covers virtually all the topics that Java beginners will need in order to use its core features effectively--and, if you're in a hurry, you can read chapter by chapter. --Richard Dragan
Topics covered:
- Introduction to object-oriented programming and the Unified Modeling Language (UML)
- Java as a programming language
- A basic "Hello, World" program in Java
- In-depth basic language tutorial (including data types, operators, expressions, and control flow statements)
- Basic class design in Java (variables and methods, inner classes, and packages)
- String and text processing
- Java interfaces
- JDK 1.0 and JDK 1.2 collection classes
- Java threads and synchronization techniques
- The Java Foundation Classes (JFC)
- Basic user interface programming with the Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) and Swing
- The JFC Accessibility APIs
- AWT and Java 2D graphics tutorial
- Drag-and-drop and clipboard programming with JFC
- Introduction to the Java Media Framework API (JMF)
- Java I/O with files
- Streams and object serialization
- Java networking basics (using TCP/IP and sockets, UDP, and handling URLs)
- Java internationalization and locale support
- JAR files (deployment and security issues)
- Beginning and advanced database programming with JDBC 2.0
- Reflection and class inspection
- Working with JavaBeans for custom UI components
- Reference for setting up the Sun JDK
- Guide to Java tools
- Sun's HotSpot compiler and other JDK 1.3 performance enhancements
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Special Edition Using Java 2 Standard Edition specifically covers only the Standard Edition of version 1.3 of the Java Software Development Kit (SDK). It begins with a series of quick refreshers for Object-oriented programming and Java fundamentals, including applet programming and threads, to ensure that readers are up to speed. The book then moves to intermediate Java features including user interface design with Java Foundation Classes (JFC) and Abstract Windows Toolkit (AWT), data structures and Java utilities, containers and layout managers, and creating images. Later chapters cover advanced topics including Internationalization & creating JAR archive files. Useful appendices offer further Java resources & SDK tool information. Throughout the book, the authors focus on Java 2 Standard Edition SDK version 1.3 changes, including the newest “HotSpot” compiler, which offers increased performance, faster start-up and smaller memory usage, among other improvements.
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Very Good Book on Java Programming,
By Victor Kamat (Modesto, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This is a very good text on java programming. It is not meant for the absolute beginner and sort of assumes that the reader knows some other language; the baics of java are very well-covered. The book has 1100+ pages and covers a lot of material. I did not go through the whole book, but those chapters that were of interest to me; and all these very good. The explanation, organization of material, diversity of examples are all good. Topics it covers include databases, threads, networking, etc. I highly recmommend it to the professional java programmer.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A very good book on Java,
By Nancy Zisk (Denver, Colorado) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Special Edition Using Java 2, Standard Edition (Special Edition Using...) (Paperback)
I've just switched over to Java from doing only Microsoft ASP and HTML. I found this book to be exactly what it says, "a book for programmers new to the Java language" and will be a good reference for me later. The book is big and packed with more than enough examples to see the material in action. I've had no problems running any of the examples, although the formatting of one of them was moved to the next line and I had to move it back. No big deal for me. What I like about this style of book is that it did not try to cover anything related to the enterprise edition, but stayed with the core Java libraries. That's enough as the size of this book is over 1000 pages. There are some differences in style between the authors as far as how they formatted their examples, but it gives me different ways that I can structure my code. I sort of like these multi-author books, rather than just a single author. Like I said, the style is a little different between them, but the flow is very easy. It's obvious to me that they must have worked closely together, unlike another book I recently bought on Java Server Pages which was all over the place. All in all, a great book for those just moving to the Java language and wanting more than a reference or API. The other thing I like about this book is there's no annoying attempt at humor. Very professional approach, without attempting to be comedians.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Using Java 2 Standard Edition,
By "vindas" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Special Edition Using Java 2, Standard Edition (Special Edition Using...) (Paperback)
Excellent book!!! Even somebody like me could understand it and write couple of programs! I will say book had something to do with it. Best one by far.
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