Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours

by Rogers Cadenhead

• ISBN13: 9780672316302
• ISBN10: 0672316307
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Sams

Summary

Sams Teach Yourself Java in 24 Hours is a step-by-step tutorial broken up into 24 short, easy one-hour chapters. It starts out at a lower level than Sams Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days, and takes things at a slower pace, focusing on key programming concepts and essential Java basics. The basic structure of the book and many of its examples remain the same in this new edition, but the author makes use of dozens of reader comments to make improvements to explanatory text and example programs. Additionally, fresh material will cover new components of Java 2, including Java Foundation Classes, Java2D classes for two-dimensional image manipulation, and JavaBeans--a feature of Java 1.1 that has become a key part of Java programming.

Author Biography

Rogers Cadenhead is a writer, computer programmer, and Web developer. In addition to coauthoring several books on Java and other Internet technologies, he also writes a question-and-answer trivia column for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Knight-Ridder News Service, and New York Times Syndicate.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(2)
I GETTING STARTED	3	(70)
Becoming a Programmer	5	(16)
Writing Your First Program	21	(22)
Vacationing in Java	43	(18)
Understanding How Java Programs Work	61	(12)
II LEARNING THE BASICS OF PROGRAMMING	73	(60)
Storing and Changing Information in a Program	75	(16)
Using Strings to Communicate	91	(14)
Using Conditional Tests to Make Decisions	105	(16)
Repeating an Action with Loops	121	(12)
III MOVING INTO ADVANCED TOPICS	133	(66)
Storing Information with Arrays	135	(14)
Creating Your First Object	149	(16)
Describing What Your Object Is Like	165	(18)
Making the Most of Existing Objects	183	(16)
IV CREATING APPLETS FOR THE WORLD WIDE WEB	199	(66)
Learning How Applets Work	201	(16)
Creating a Threaded Applet	217	(20)
Playing Sound in an Applet	237	(14)
Using Fonts and Color in Applets	251	(14)
V IMPROVING THE LOOK OF YOUR PROGRAMS	265	(64)
Working with 2D Graphics	267	(14)
Creating Animation	281	(14)
Building a Simple User Interface with Swing	295	(20)
Responding to User Events with Swing	315	(14)
VI PUTTING YOUR PROGRAMMING SKILLS TO WORK	329	(48)
Playing Games with Java	331	(14)
Writing a Game for the Web	345	(14)
Spicing Up a Web Page	359	(10)
Making Your Knowledge Add Up	369	(8)
VII APPENDIXES	377	(22)
Appendix A Where to Go from Here: Java Resources	379	(8)
B This Book's Web Site	387	(2)
C Configuring the Java Development Kit	389	(10)
Glossary	399	(8)
Index	407