Teach Yourself Java for Macintosh in 21 Days with CDROM (Sams Teach Yourself) [Paperback]

Laura Lemay (Author), Richard Cardona (Author)

Book Description

Series: Sams Teach Yourself | Publication Date: January 1996

Explaining how to create Java applets with the Mac, this work adopts a tutorial approach towards creating interactive web presentations. The enclosed CD-ROM includes a limited version of the Java software, allowing the user to follow the book step-by-step through the tutorials.

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Amazon.com Review

Java for the Mac is an area that's growing fast! Be the first Mac owner on your block to use Java applets and applications in your Web page design. You'll learn it fast with these tutorials and demos.

From the Publisher

Java is the hottest technology on the Internet today and this book is the first Macintosh-specific guide to developing and serving Java applets. - Readers learn to use Java to create an interactive multimedia environment on the Internet

- Written under the guidance of the engineers creating the Java environment for the Macintosh

- CD-ROM contains a disabled version of the Java development environment, source code for sample applets, and tutorials from the book

Product Details

• Paperback: 567 pages
• Publisher: Hayden Books (January 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568302800
• ISBN-13: 978-1568302805
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,538,664 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars If I could give it NO stars, I would, February 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Teach Yourself Java for Macintosh in 21 Days with CDROM (Sams Teach Yourself) (Paperback)

I got this book hoping for a good introduction to Java; I got a garbage-y book and a useless CD-ROM. First of all, the version of the software on the CD does NOT work. I wasted hours trying to relate it to the software described in the book; and it's not even the same thing!!!! If you want us to buy a full version of a compiler, FINE...but please stick to what's on the CD, otherwise the whole damn thing is useless. I went out and got J++ 6.0 and the J++ Programmer's Guide (both from Microsoft) instead, and it is ten million times better. Don't waste your money on this book; in this case, go with Microsoft.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars waste of a tree, January 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Teach Yourself Java for Macintosh in 21 Days with CDROM (Sams Teach Yourself) (Paperback)

Interesting attempt but the relation of the text to the included software is abysmal. Obviously another case where the writers and programers were not in touch with reality. Overall, worthless for a relative beginner. The simple things were not explained in the least, not even for someone conversant with C.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad, bad, bad!, March 9, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Teach Yourself Java for Macintosh in 21 Days with CDROM (Sams Teach Yourself) (Paperback)

Worthless, at least to a beginner. The code in the samples and on the disk don't match up, the code contradicts instructions given in the text, unexplained logical leaps are plentiful, and the copy editing is shameful considering these people are accepting money for this thing. Bad, bad, bad! Run, don't walk, as far away from this book as you can!