Java: A Practical Guide (Computer Weekly Professional Series) - Softcover

Fawcett, Neil; Ridge, Terry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750633441 ISBN 13: 9780750633444

Publisher: Digital Pr, 1997

Synopsis

This book and CD-ROM will provide you with all the information, data and knowledge that you need in order to enter into the exciting and ever growing world of the Java programming language.

Java itself is far more than just an object oriented programming language and in addition to helping you gain first hand knowledge of how to build applciations, applets and exciting interactive content for the World Wide Web, this book will identify exactly what Java is, what a Java OS is, what are Java Beans and how Java will grow to impact much of the business and consumer worlds over the coming years.

This book and CD-ROM will guide you carefully through the Java language, step by step, introducing the tips and techniques that will enable you to develop your own applications, your own Web applets or to simply add to your programming knowledge.
Java: a Practical Guide has been written from a programmer's perspective (with Visual Basic, C and C++ programmers in mind) and takes a logical look at all the components of the language, explains the syntax and offers advice in addition ot the copious code examples (all of which are contained on the CD-ROM with the book).

Many topics are covered by this book, including: * a guide to getting started * object oriented programming: what is it? * the Java Development Kit (JDK) * Java Beans * what is the Java Virtual Machine (JVM)? * fundamentals of the Java Language * class creation * developing Java applets for Web use * the Graphical User Interface * graphical manipulation * how to handle I/O calls.
....and much, much more.

About this edition

• Publisher: Digital Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0750633441
• ISBN 13: 9780750633444
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200