Swing: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guide (Osborne Mcgraw Hill)) [Paperback]

Herbert Schildt (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0072263148 | ISBN-13: 978-0072263145 | Publication Date: September 8, 2006 | Edition: 1

From the world’s bestselling programming author

Using the practical pedagogy that has made his other Beginner’s Guides so successful, Herb Schildt provides new Swing programmers with a completely integrated learning package. Perfect for the classroom or self-study, Swing: A Beginner’s Guide delivers the appropriate mix of theory and practical coding. You will be programming as early as Chapter 1.

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Essential Skills -- Made Easy!

Learn to program with Swing -- the framework that defines the look and feel of the modern Java graphical user interface. In this fast-paced guide, master programmer and bestselling author Herbert Schildt shows you how to develop sophisticated user interfaces with Swing. The book begins by describing Swing's architecture, design philosophy, and core concepts. It then examines the Swing component set, which includes buttons, check boxes, lists, trees, tables, menus, scroll bars, spinners, and scroll panes, to name just a few. You'll learn the fundamentals of each component and the techniques needed to use it and then see examples that demonstrate the component in action. By the time you finish this hands-on guide, you will be able to start creating your own professional-looking Swing-based applications.

Designed for Easy Learning:

• MODULES -- Each concept is divided into logically organized modules (chapters), ideal for self-paced learning
• CRITICAL SKILLS -- Each module opens with the specific skills covered in the module
• MASTERY CHECKS -- End-of-module reviews test knowledge using short-answer and fill-in-the-blank questions
• ASK THE EXPERTS -- Q&A sections throughout are filled with bonus information and helpful tips
• PROGRESS CHECKS -- Quick self-assessment sections check your progress
• PROJECTS -- Practical exercises show you how to apply the critical skills learned in each module
• ANNOTATED SYNTAX -- Example code annotated with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated

About the Author

Herbert Schildt is the author of dozens of programming books, which have sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide. His books are so widely used that it has been said that he taught a generation of programmers to program. Schildt is an authority on C, C++, C#, and Java and is an expert Windows programmer.

Product Details

• Paperback: 590 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (September 8, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072263148
• ISBN-13: 978-0072263145
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,003 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Introduction to SWING, December 13, 2006

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Isaac Rivera "izk" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Swing: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guide (Osborne Mcgraw Hill)) (Paperback)

This book is well organized and thought out. It is written clearly. It does not waste time with Java primers and it avoids excessive verbiage. Concepts are built logically, step by step and each has a clear complete example to illustrate. I own several books on Swing, and this one is by far the best introduction to the API.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Swing book for a Rookie!, July 8, 2007

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Kit S. Ho (Troy, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Swing: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guide (Osborne Mcgraw Hill)) (Paperback)

You've got it, I am a Rookie/Greenhorn in Java. Yeah, I got my SCJP cert 5.0 two weeks ago, but I do not know a thing about Swing because it is not required for the exam.

Then I looked into getting the SCJD certification. My research indicated I need to know Swing (Oh-oh), RMI, Threading ...

Most Swing books out there assume you already know something about Swing, which I do not. (So when I start reading those books, I've got confused.) However, this book is different. I started reading after I passed the SCJP exam and find it very easy to follow.

The way I read the book is I follow each example and code it in a text editor. (The SCJD exam allows you to use an IDE, but the code cannot be auto generated by the IDE. So it is safer to use an editor like Notepad++) The example works, and there are step by step instructions for you to follow. Also, the code is explained, alomst line by line, making learning very easy, especially for a Rookie like myself.

I know I will not be an expert on Swing after I finished the book, but at least I'll probaly know enough to take to exam, and may be start reading the other more advanced Swing books.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Covers the basic extremely well, October 20, 2007

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Michael T. Wagman (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Swing: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guide (Osborne Mcgraw Hill)) (Paperback)

While the Netbeans has a decent Gui builder. It's great to understand what it is doing. This book covers the basics of building a gui interface extremly well.

Things that were not 100% understood in the gui builder - are obvious now.

Was very pleased with this purchase.