Java Programming by Example (SIGS: Advances in Object Technology, Series Number 17) - Softcover

Sharma, Rajiv; Sharma, Vivek

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521644429 ISBN 13: 9780521644426

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Java Programming by Example introduces software developers to Java, the object-oriented programming language of choice for Internet development. Using nothing more than demonstrations and wry humor, the authors provide the information developers need quickly to create applets, applications, multi-file programs, animation, and GUIs. This book will appeal to software developers interested in learning by example with a minimum of theory. Skip the smalltalk and master your Java skills now!

About this title

Review

Confucius reportedly said: "I heard and forgot, I saw and remembered, I did and understood." He knew what he was talking about. While programming applets and apps in Java is conceptually simple the implementation can take some thinking through.

The authors, who also edit the specialist title, Java Report, take you on the programming equivalent of an adventure holiday. Right from the beginning you get to write programs that work with the theory following on while you're still excited enough to be interested in understanding how something actually gets done.

It's not often book reviewers are enticed into actually going beyond reading but I found myself intrigued enough to install the Java Development Kit and try out the early examples. The approach is fun as effective. Particularly neat is the early introduction of a technique for wrapping up applets (which run in Web pages) to make them apps--which run as standalone applications.

From the equivalent of a 'Hello World' program you move swiftly on to multi-program Java applets, importing libraries and working with graphics, event handling, networking and security issues. Unlike some similar books it doesn't sport a disc with all the examples worked for you. You really are expected to do it yourself. It shows a purity of approach of which Confucius would approve. --Steve Patient

Review

' ... written in a very colloquial style and is definitely value for money for those who do not have time to wade through the theory before learning how to write Java code that works. The Computer Bullrtin

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521644429
• ISBN 13: 9780521644426
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 446