Java 2 Platform Unleashed (Hardcover)

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Java 2 Platform Unleashed is completely revised for Java 2. This complete reference covers all the core APIs of the Java 2 platform as well as higher-level topics that experienced Java programmers need to know. The book includes thousands of lines of code to demonstrate the sophisticated programming techniques that experienced Java programmers demand. Written for experienced Java programmers.

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Java 2 Platform Unleashed is completely revised for Java 2. This complete reference covers all the core APIs of the Java 2 platform as well as higher-level topics that experienced Java programmers need to know. The book includes thousands of lines of code to demonstrate the sophisticated programming techniques that experienced Java programmers demand. Written for experienced Java programmers.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 1424 pages
• Publisher: Sams (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672316315
• ISBN-13: 978-0672316319
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.6 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,553,961 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Incomplete book, November 26, 1999

By	Bart Decaigny (Gent, Belgium) - See all my reviews

This book certainly has some very good parts, but others are incredibly poor. I have to admit that 'unleashing' Java must be a huge job, but still. Like a reader said, this book tries to be too many books in one.

I bought it as a reference, but it's hardly usable for that purpose. When I look up methods, I often only find them mentioned in the text, without a single word of explanation.

It's a good book if you only have very basic skills of Java, and want to find out what you can really do with it (if more than 1000 pages in 56 chapters don't discourage you). In that way 'Java Explored' might be a better title.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Material but Example Code doesn't always work, September 9, 1999

By A Customer

Lots of good information but very frustrating when examples don't work as advertised. Had lots of problems with code examples in chapter 38/39.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly Good... yet incredibly poor, September 15, 2000

By	Brinton (White Bear Lake, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This book is a wonderful book for introducting you to ALL of the elements, yet some aren't explained very well. The first 22 chapters are very good and really cover a lot of topics including: making your own UNZIP program, drag and drop, File I/O, Printing, Swing, Window Development, and Multimedia.

However, as the book goes on, the quality starts to decrease. In Chapters 23 through 36 I had a very difficult time understanding the topics. He did a rather poor job on the Network Programming and didn't do well on the Java Beans section either. In Part 9 he talked about distributed applications, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I think it was one of the best sections in the whole book. In Part 10, Database Programming, he slipped to an all time low. I have done Database Programming before and it has always been simple and easy to understand. He has done an absolutely, positively horrible job of writing the database section. If you are interested in Database Programming, I would definetely recommend AGAINST buying this book. The rest of the book was very rushed and uninformative.

Overall Summary: -50% Great, 50% Horrible -Great Reference in the Back, even though it is exactly like the Jdk 1.2 docs, It is still nice to have it right there -Lots of Samples, if you like doing the samples this could definetely hinder your progress, but it also helps for understanding the code -People say that the code is very buggy, I think that it is fine, there was one chapter, (The first Swing Example), that I didn't get to work, that was all -I would recommend a solid understanding of core Java 2 Development to read this book, and experience in other programming languages

When buying this book, think of it as if it has half as many pages, because that is what you are buying, half the pages, because only half are good. GREAT for Introducing you to the ENTIRE JAVA 2 API, but lacking in explanation.

Well, No book is perfect.