Teach Yourself Java 2 in 21 Days : Professional Reference

by Lemay, Laura; Cadenhead, Rogers

• ISBN13: 9780672320613
• ISBN10: 0672320614
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Pearson P T R

Summary

Sams Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days continues to be one of the most popular, best-selling Java tutorials on the market. It has been acclaimed for its clear and personable writing, for its extensive use of examples, and for its logical and complete organization. The Professional Reference Edition of the book includes an extra seven chapters covering advanced topics like object serialization, remote method invocation, accessibility, security, JavaBeans, JDBC, and advanced data structures - as well as a 200-page reference section detailing the most commonly used aspects of the Java language. This edition of the book has been updated and revised to cover version 1.3 of the Java 2 Standard Edition SDK, and the book's CD-ROM includes a fully functional Java compiler, as well as the books source code and a collection of third-party Java development tools and utilities.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
Week 1 Java's Fundamental Concepts	7	(186)
21st Century Java	9	(26)
Object-Oriented Programming	35	(24)
The ABCs of Programming	59	(26)
Working with Objects	85	(22)
Lists, Logic, and Loops	107	(26)
Creating Classes and Methods	133	(30)
Writing Java Applets	163	(30)
Week 2 Swing and Other Visual Java Programming	193	(186)
Working with Swing	195	(28)
Building a Swing Interface	223	(20)
Arranging Components on a User Interface	243	(26)
Responding to User Input	269	(28)
Color, Fonts, and Graphics	297	(32)
Threads and Animation	329	(30)
Java Sound	359	(20)
Week 3 Java's Advanced Features	379	(192)
Packages, Interfaces, and Other Class Features	381	(36)
Error Handling and Security	417	(26)
Handling Data Through Java Streams	443	(26)
Object Serialization and Reflection	469	(26)
Communicating Across the Internet	495	(28)
Working with JavaBeans	523	(20)
Java Database Connectivity and Data Structures	543	(28)
Bonus Expanding Your Java Knowledge	571	(134)
The Software Development Kit	573	(22)
Java Programming Environments	595	(18)
Writing Java 1.0 Applets	613	(22)
Accessibility	635	(18)
Writing Java Servlets	653	(16)
Using JavaServer Pages	669	(18)
Reading XML Files	687	(18)
Appendixes	705	(30)
A Configuring the Software Development Kit	707	(20)
B Using a Text Editor with the Software Development Kit	727	(8)
Index	735