Teach Yourself Java 1.1 Programming in 24 Hours (Teach Yourself in 24 Hours) [Paperback]

Rogers Cadenhead (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1997 | ISBN-10: 1575212706 | ISBN-13: 978-1575212708

Whether you're new to the world of programming or a veteran developer tackling Java for the first time, this hands-on tutorial will have you creating your own Java programs after just 24 one-hour lessons. Bring your Web site to life with fully interactive Java applets. Create complete, powerful, cross-platform Java applications. Learn object-oriented programming skills which can be applied to a variety of languages. Each lesson is complete and includes code and examples on the companion CD-ROM.

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It's the quickest way to learn everything users need to know to create powerful Java applets! Using short, one-hour chapters, readers will master the basics of programming, work with graphics, and learn how to add interactivity to their own Web pages. - A support site for the book will be set up on the Sams Web site-providing links to sites mentioned in the book, easy access to Java development shareware products, and continuously updated material

- CD-ROM includes the Sun Java Developer's Kit, Microsoft's Internet Explorer 3.0, and additional third-party utilities

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Sams Publishing (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575212706
• ISBN-13: 978-1575212708
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,439,342 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but has the "great leap" flaw of all programming books, November 5, 1999

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NancyMc "gerette" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Yourself Java 1.1 Programming in 24 Hours (Teach Yourself in 24 Hours) (Paperback)

By "great leap" flaw I mean that in every programming book supposedly aimed at non-programmers I've seen, there comes a point where the author, who previously has reasonably explained each new concept, makes a great leap into the unknown. In this book, the great leap comes in Chapter 9 "Storing Information with Arrays." In an explanation of some lines in the first (unneccessarily complicated) array the author has this to say: "The numeric values of the alphabet range from 65 for 'A' to 90 for 'Z.'" The author never bothers to explain why the hell this is so: either the author supposes that the reader knows just why it is that A has been given a value of 65, or expects the reader to simply accept it without question. Very irritating. Is a brief explanation of character sets too much to ask?

I should point out that this book is better than most. Typically the great leap occurs in the 3rd chapter, as it did in the Peachpit Press Quick Start Guide to JavaScript.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book but disappointed, September 24, 1998

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[e-mail] (San Fransisco Bay Area, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Yourself Java 1.1 Programming in 24 Hours (Teach Yourself in 24 Hours) (Paperback)

I enjoyed the first several chapters a great deal, as the author tried hard to use analogies and sometimes humor to present points. But when I got around to Chapter 11, the analogy became extremely confusing ("writing a virus") and it was very difficult distinguishing what was analogy and what was literal. I quit reading the book after giving up on the chapter. The author was friendly enough to write me back, but didn't understand that the problem was not in trying to learn object oriented programming but rather in figuring out what was meant while using these silly analogies.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Clear explainations, but not enough in-depth exercises, April 20, 1998

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Carlos A. dos Santos (Redwood City, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Yourself Java 1.1 Programming in 24 Hours (Teach Yourself in 24 Hours) (Paperback)

The explainations is very clear; in fact the readability is very high. However, I found that there are not enough exercises to do, so I have some problem in practicing what I have learnt from this book.