Learning Java: A Bestselling Hands-On Java Tutorial

Niemeyer, Patrick; Leuck, Daniel

ISBN 10: 1449319246 / ISBN 13: 9781449319243

Published by O'Reilly Media, 2013

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Synopsis:

Java is the preferred language for many of today&;s leading-edge technologies&;everything from smartphones and game consoles to robots, massive enterprise systems, and supercomputers. If you&;re new to Java, the fourth edition of this bestselling guide provides an example-driven introduction to the latest language features and APIs in Java 6 and 7. Advanced Java developers will be able to take a deep dive into areas such as concurrency and JVM enhancements.

You&;ll learn powerful new ways to manage resources and exceptions in your applications, and quickly get up to speed on Java&;s new concurrency utilities, and APIs for web services and XML. You&;ll also find an updated tutorial on how to get started with the Eclipse IDE, and a brand-new introduction to database access in Java.

About the Author: 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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Learning Java: A Bestselling Hands-On Java ...
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 4th Edition