Learning Java, 5e: An Introduction to Real-World Programming with Java - Softcover

Loy, Marc; Niemeyer, Patrick; Leuck, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1492056278 ISBN 13: 9781492056270

Publisher: O′Reilly, 2020

Synopsis

If you’re new to Java—or new to programming—this best-selling book will guide you through the language features and APIs of Java 11. With fun, compelling, and realistic examples, authors Marc Loy, Patrick Niemeyer, and Daniel Leuck introduce you to Java fundamentals—including its class libraries, programming techniques, and idioms—with an eye toward building real applications.

You’ll learn powerful new ways to manage resources and exceptions in your applications—along with core language features included in recent Java versions.

• Develop with Java, using the compiler, interpreter, and other tools
• Explore Java’s built-in thread facilities and concurrency package
• Learn text processing and the powerful regular expressions API
• Write advanced networked or web-based applications and services

About this title

About the Author

Marc Loy started with Java training at Sun Microsystems in the early days (shout out to HotJava!) and never looked back. He authored a number of early Java books and training courses, working with a wide variety of companies across the US, Europe and Asia along the way. For O'Reilly, Marc has served as co-author on Java Swing and Learning GNU Emacs. Currently in Ohio, Marc is a software developer and trainer specializing in user experience design and mobile applications. Patrick Niemeyer became involved with Oak (Java's predecessor) while working at Southwestern Bell Technology Resources. He is an independent consultant and author in the areas of networking and distributed applications. Pat is the author of BeanShell, a popular Java scripting language, as well as various other free goodies on the Net. Most recently, Pat has been developing enterprise architecture for A.G. Edwards. He currently lives in the Central West End area of St. Louis with various creatures. Dan Leuck is the CEO of Ikayzo, a Tokyo and Honolulu-based interactive design and software development firm with customers including Sony, Oracle, Nomura, PIMCO and the federal government. He previously served as Senior Vice President of Research and Development for Tokyo-based ValueCommerce, Asia's largest online marketing company, Global Head of Development for London-based LastMinute.com, Europe's largest B2C website, and President of the US division of DML. Daniel has extensive experience managing teams of 150+ developers in five countries. He has served on numerous advisory boards and panels for companies such as Macromedia and Sun Microsystems. Daniel is active in the Java community, is a contributor to BeanShell, the project lead for SDL, and sits on numerous Java Community Process expert groups.

Edition details

• Publisher: O′Reilly
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1492056278
• ISBN 13: 9781492056270
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 518