Complete Java 2 Training Course, The (4th Edition) (Boxed Set) (Paperback)

~ Harvey M. Deitel (Author), Paul J. Deitel (Author)

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Product Description

There's never been a more powerful, effective way to master Java 2 programming! Created by leading corporate trainers Deitel & Associates, this hands-on, interactive training course combines, The Java Multimedia Cyber Classroom, and the Java textbook used at universities worldwide, Java How to Program. It integrates 12+ hours of audio, 250+ hands-on exercises, 25,576 lines of code, a 1,400-page e-book, and more -- all designed to take you from the fundamentals of Java and object-oriented programming to sophisticated networking and GUI development. This new edition includes a start-to-finish UML case study, teaching how to design robust, high-performance Java software. Start with basic Java syntax and control structures; then master methods, arrays, object-oriented programming, graphics, Swing user interface programming, exceptions, multithreading, multimedia -- even network programming. Test your knowledge with interactive self-review questions and programming exercises, and get fast, in-depth answers from a fully searchable e-book. Along the way, the Deitels present hundreds of tips and ideas for maximizing performance, interoperability, and reusability -- and for avoiding and troubleshooting problems.

From the Back Cover

Design and construct robust applications and applets with Java!

• Master today's most important Java 2 development and UML design skills hands on, with real programs and expert instruction from world-renowned corporate trainers!
• Includes the best-selling, 1,100-page Java introduction Java How to Program—in print and searchable electronic versions
• Get powerful real-world experience with 10,000+ lines of live code, 250+ programs, 12+ hours of audio, hundreds of programming exercises, and more

Created by leading corporate trainers Deitel & Associates, this hands-on, interactive training course combines the world's #1 interactive Java training CD-ROM, The Java Multimedia Cyber Classroom, and the outstanding introductory Java textbook, Java How to Program. You'll start with basic Java syntax and control structures then master methods, arrays, object-oriented programming, graphics, Swing user interface programming, exceptions, multithreading, multimedia—even network programming! This new edition has been enhanced throughout, and includes a start-to-finish UML design case study for building robust, high-performance enterprise applications. It'll help gain true Java mastery faster than you ever thought possible!

JAVA MULTIMEDIA CYBER CLASSROOM

More than 12 hours of detailed audio explanations walk you through 250+ complete, ready-to-run programs—10,000+ lines of live code you can load, run, and adapt!

Test your knowledge with hundreds of interactive self-review questions and programming exercises!

Get fast, in-depth answers from the fully searchable copy of Java How to Program, Fourth Edition!

Discover hundreds of tips and ideas for maximizing performance, interoperability, and reusability—and for avoiding and troubleshooting problems!

THE WORLD'S #1 JAVA DEVELOPER'S GUIDE

• Start-to-finish, 1,100-page guide to Java!
• Master all this, and more: Control structures, object-oriented techniques, GUI development, graphics, multimedia, multithreading, files, streams, networking, data structures, and collections
• Includes three full chapters of problem-solving guidance for novices and new object-oriented developers
• Contains 150-page UML case study: learn key Java application design skills that make you far more competitive
• Hands-on tutorials with tips and tricks for troubleshooting and optimization

BONUS 2nd CD-ROM

Packed with live Java source code, plus links to the Web's best Java resources!

EVEN MORE RAVES FOR DEITEL PROGRAMMING BOOKS & COURSES! Your Multimedia Cyber Classroom is by far the best learning tool I have. Keep up the great work!—Bill Nelson

I have purchased four programming sets from you now: one on Visual Basic, one for C++, and one just ordered for Java. I find your course structures very helpful and well designed. Most especially, I find your line-by-line explanations of example programs extremely beneficial. It is very rare that programmers are equally as proficient in their writing skills. —Hal LeTourneau, Computer Science Student

I purchased your textbook Java 2 How to Program, Third Edition a few months ago. The book is outstanding; I cannot put it down. Bear in mind that I am no programmer in any language by any stretch of imagination. However, I am learning Java on my own for personal development and your textbook is doing a fantastic job of teaching me. —Ken Yeates-Trotman, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Delaware

SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR:

• All programmers who want to master Java
• New programmers learning their first language
• Developers with experience in other object languages, such as C++
• Developers migrating from non-object oriented languages, such as COBOL
• Java users who want to improve their skills and effectiveness

System Requirements: Windows 95/98/NT 4/2000
50 MB disk space/64 MB RAM
8x CD-ROM drive & sound card support
Internet Explorer 5 included

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1100 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 4 edition (November 7, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130649317
• ISBN-13: 978-0130649317
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.3 x 2.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #830,449 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Text Book, December 10, 2001

By	Todd Vaules "gtvdesign" (Columbia, SC United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you learn more efficiently by a combination of reading and multimedia, this is definetly the purchase for you. However, this is a text book and can be fairly dry and somewhat overwhelming. There is an immense amount of information contained in this package. If you don't have any programming experience, I would not recommend this as your first foray into application development. Another BIG drawback is unless you are a teacher/professor, you won't be able to obtain the answers to the excercises. For some, this might be considered a critical flaw. If you can make it through this text and multimedia offering, you will be well on your way to mastering Java. I have a previous edition of this text and the current edition is a considerable improvment.

In response to a previous review, I hardly think that requiring Internet Explorer is a substantive reason to avoid this highly intelligent and thorough package. I think most people in the business have better things to do that rehash a tired old argument about microsoft vesus the rest of the computing industry. While I have all but entirely switched to Linux, I can't deny that my career and the careers of most of the people I work with, can be substantially attributed to Microsoft's proliferation over the past twenty-five years. Let's move on.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good course, but thought there was more to it, January 26, 2003

By A Customer

What I mean by that is I was under the impression that the highly touted Cyber Classroom would be a significant addition to the book. I purchased their C# how to program and felt I was missing something by not having the Cyber classroom portion of that book by the way they and others talked about all you received in it. When I was looking to purhcase this title I decided to get the edition with the Cyber Classroom to get the full benefit as everyone said. I am not trashing the cyber classroom as it does provide all the code samples in the book with many of them accompanied by an audio description explaining what the code does. Also you can click on a lighting bolt and the code will run right from within the Cyber classroom. For me the LiveCode aspect is not a benefit to me as I like to type the code in myself when learning a new language to get ingrained in its syntax, but that's my personal way of working and I can see how it may benefit others so I am not knocking it. Aside from that, the Cyber classroom is really just the book on CD--correction; it does allow you to take an assessment exam after you complete a chapter and keeps track of your score for each exam taken. It isn't a comprehensive tracking of your score; however, just a simple score showing the percentage of the questions you got wrong. I didn't find the assessment exams to be challenging, which isn't bad because their simplicity helps reinforce the points in the chapter. However, when you want to really test your understanding and want to challenge yourself by doing the end of chapter excercises you will be up the creek alone. As stated by another reviewer, you do not get many answers to the excercises at the end of the chapters. The end of chapter excercises in my opinion are what really challenge you and not to have answers to at least half, well, kind of sucks. I realize that this text is used in colleges and all answers cannot be given, however, each chapter has at least 30+ excercises, yet they only give on average answers to 2 - 3 problems in the cyber classroom--and many of these aren't the really challenging ones. With 30+ excercises per chapter I think answers to more that 2 or 3 problems wouldn't kill professors. Kind of kills the challenge aspect. Granted you'll know if you got it right if your program works, but I always like to see how someone else would have solved it and I usually learn more form that.

In ending, I WOULD recommend the book but, unless you like not having to type code when learning a language or like to read a book on screen and have the code examples executed at the click of a button, I cannot recommend the entire course--in my opinion it doesn't add all that much to it. If you are an absolute newbie to programming I say go for it though.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Learning Java from the experts, November 6, 2002

By	Mr K Lawther (United Kingdom (U.K)) - See all my reviews

Having just purchased your - "The Complete Java™ Training Course" I have found the cyber classroom to be an excellent addition to the book.

Prior to purchasing "The Complete Java™ Training Course" I had previously bought the "Visual Basic 6 How to Program" text book. However I was unaware of the cyber classroom add-on to the text books. These are an execellent add-on to the textbooks and worth the extra price, which are available via the companys affiliate website.

The book is expertly written, guiding you through all aspects of Java programming whilst providing well explained examples, performance tips, programming tips, error avoidance tips etc.

You will strugle to put the book down and refrain from using the quality cyber classroom multimedia CD.

Do not fear Java! Learn to work with it, after all you will be learning one of the most sought after skills in the I.T industry.