Sams teach yourself Java 6 in 21 days / Rogers Cadenhead, Laura Lemay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cadenhead, Rogers.

Contributor:

Lemay, Laura.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Java (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 697 p. ) ill. ; 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Edition:

5th edition

Other Title:

Teach yourself Java 6 in 21 days

Java 6 in 21 days

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis, Ind. : Sams, c2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

“If you get only one Java book, it should be Sams Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days” —PC Magazine In just 21 days, you can acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to develop three kinds of programs with Java: applications on your computer, servlets on a web server, and browser-launched Java Web Start applications. No previous programming experience required. By following the 21 carefully organized lessons in this book, anyone can learn the basics of Java programming. Learn at your own pace. You can work through each chapter sequentially to make sure you thoroughly understand all of the concepts and methodologies, or you can focus on specific lessons to learn the techniques that interest you most. Test your knowledge. Each chapter ends with a Workshop section filled with questions, answers, and exercises for further study. There are even certification practice questions. “Sams Teach Yourself Java is one of the best introductions to hands-on Java programming. If you buy one book on Java, this is the one to buy!” —Independent Web Review Completely revised, updated, and expanded to cover the latest features of Java 6 Learn to develop standalone Java applications, web servlets, JavaServer Pages, and Java Web Start applications Easy-to-understand, practical examples clearly illustrate the fundamentals of Java programming Discover how Swing can help you quickly develop programs with a graphical user interface Find out about JDBC database programming, Internet client/server programming, and XML parsing with the open source XOM class library Covers new features of version 6 such as Java DB, the new relational database that is now a built-in part of Java Rogers Cadenhead is a web application developer who has written 22 books on Internet-related topics, including Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours. He maintains this book’s official website at http://www.java21days.com. Laura Lemay is one of the world’s most popular authors on Web development topics. She is the author of the bestselling Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML, as well as Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days. CD-ROM includes: Source code for the examples developed in the book Java™ SE Development Kit 6 NetBeans™ IDE 5.5 Bonus materials Category: Java Programming Covers: Java 6 Platform Standard Edition User Level: Beginning–Intermediate

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction

How This Book Is Organized

Who Should Read This Book

Conventions Used in This Book

WEEK I: The Java Language

DAY 1: Getting Started with Java

The Java Language

Object-Oriented Programming

Objects and Classes

Attributes and Behavior

Organizing Classes and Class Behavior

Summary

Q&amp

A

Quiz

Exercises

DAY 2: The ABCs of Programming

Statements and Expressions

Variables and Data Types

Comments

Literals

Expressions and Operators

String Arithmetic

DAY 3: Working with Objects

Creating New Objects

Accessing and Setting Class and Instance Variables

Calling Methods

References to Objects

Casting and Converting Objects and Primitive Types

Comparing Object Values and Classes

DAY 4: Lists, Logic, and Loops

Arrays

Block Statements

if Conditionals

switch Conditionals

for Loops

while and do Loops

Breaking Out of Loops

DAY 5: Creating Classes and Methods

Defining Classes

Creating Instance and Class Variables

Creating Methods

Creating Java Applications

Java Applications and Command-line Arguments

Creating Methods with the Same Name, Different Arguments

Constructor Methods

Overriding Methods

Finalizer Methods

DAY 6: Packages, Interfaces, and Other Class Features

Modifiers

Static Variables and Methods

Final Classes, Methods, and Variables

Abstract Classes and Methods

Packages

Using Packages

Creating Your Own Packages

Interfaces

Creating and Extending Interfaces

Inner Classes

DAY 7: Exceptions, Assertions, and Threads

Exceptions.

Managing Exceptions

Declaring Methods That Might Throw Exceptions

Creating and Throwing Your Own Exceptions

When and When Not to Use Exceptions

Assertions

Threads

WEEK II: The Java Class Library

DAY 8: Data Structures

Moving Beyond Arrays

Java Structures

Generics

DAY 9: Working with Swing

Creating an Application

Working with Components

Lists

DAY 10: Building a Swing Interface

Swing Features

DAY 11: Arranging Components on a User Interface

Basic Interface Layout

Mixing Layout Managers

Card Layout

Grid Bag Layout

DAY 12: Responding to User Input

Event Listeners

Working with Methods

DAY 13: Using Color, Fonts, and Graphics

The Graphics2D Class

Drawing Text

Color

Drawing Lines and Polygons

DAY 14: Developing Swing Applications

Java Web Start

Using Java Web Start

Improving Performance with SwingWorker

WEEK III: Java Programming

DAY 15: Working with Input and Output

Introduction to Streams

Byte Streams

Filtering a Stream

Character Streams

Files and Filename Filters

DAY 16: Serializing and Examining Objects

Object Serialization

Inspecting Classes and Methods with Reflection

DAY 17: Communicating Across the Internet

Networking in Java

The java.nio Package

DAY 18: Accessing Databases with JDBC

Java Database Connectivity.

The JDBC-ODBC Bridge

DAY 19: Reading and Writing RSS Feeds

Using XML

Designing an XML Dialect

Processing XML with Java

Processing XML with XOM

DAY 20: XML Web Services

Introduction to XML-RPC

Communicating with XML-RPC

Choosing an XML-RPC Implementation

Using an XML-RPC Web Service

Creating an XML-RPC Web Service

DAY 21: Writing Java Servlets and Java Server Pages

Using Servlets

Developing Servlets

JSP

JSP Standard Tag Library

Appendixes

APPENDIX A: Using the Java Development Kit

Choosing a Java Development Tool

Configuring the Java Development Kit

Using a Text Editor

Creating a Sample Program.

Setting Up the CLASSPATH Variable

APPENDIX B: Programming with the Java Development Kit

An Overview of the JDK

The java Interpreter

The javac Compiler

The appletviewer Browser

The javadoc Documentation Tool

The jar Java File Archival Tool

The jdb Debugger

Using System Properties

APPENDIX C: This Book's Website

Index

Bonus Material on the Companion CD-ROM

CD1 Choosing Java

CD2 Writing Java Applets

CD3 Regular Expressions

CD4 Where to Go from Here: Java Resources.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612649110

9781282649118

1282649116

9780768674354

0768674352

OCLC:

1027201417