The Complete Java 2 Training Course

This breakthrough Java 2 course combines the world's #1 Java training CD-ROM with the Java textbook used at universities worldwide. The Complete Java Training Course, Fourth Edition integrates 10+ hours of audio, 250+ hands-on exercises, 10,000+ lines of code, an 1,100-page e-book, and more. It'll take you from the basics to advanced networking, GUIs, multimedia, even UML.

Harvey Deitel and Paul Deitel are principals of Deitel & Associates, an internationally recognized training and consulting organization specializing in Java, C++, C, Visual Basic, XML, Python, Perl, ASP, object technology, and Internet and World Wide Web programming training. They are the authors of many of Prentice Hall's best-selling books, all of which are the result of the Deitels' coverage of the most up-to-date and innovative topics in a consistent, exciting, and accurate way.

The Deitels are renowned for their signature Live-Code Approach to teaching programming languages, where each new concept is presented in the context of a complete, working program immediately followed by one or more windows showing the program's input/output dialog. Every How to Program book features innovative pedagogy, highlighted by icons that point out Good Programming Practices, Common Programming Errors, Look-and-Feel Observations, Performance Tips, Portability Tips, Software Engineering Observations, and Testing and Debugging Tips. Each book contains source code, a compiler or other programming tools and hyperlinks to demos and Internet resources on a CD-ROM, on the Web, or in both formats.