Java for Beginners, 2nd Edition: Covers Java SE 7 JDK (Book/CD-Rom)

This is highly user friendly book on Java programming. It covers the Java Platform TM Standard Edition 7 JDK. No knowledge of programming is assumed while writing this book. Anyone who knows how to operate the computer and has used at least one Windows based application like Word or Excel can read and understand this book. It strikes perfect balance between theory and practice. It can be used as text-book as well as reference book. Every chapter includes Drill Problems with Answers, Exercises, and Programming Problems. Starting from the basics of Java programming it covers the advanced features like multi threading, graphic user interface, image processing, and computer game programming. Full Java compiler is given on the CD so that reader can immediately compile and execute the programs. Appendix includes the detailed procedure of installation of Java compiler.

THE TOPICS COVERED IN THE BOOK

• BRIEF HISTORY OF JAVA
• ACTUAL MACHINE AND VIRTUAL MACHINE
• COMPILED AND INTERPRETED LANGUAGES
• IDENTIFIERS
• TOKENS
• KEYWORDS
• VARIABLES
• TYPE CONVERSION AND CASTING DATA TYPES
• OPERATORS
• CONTROL STATEMENTS
• USER-DEFINED METHODS
• METHOD OVERLOADNG
• METHOD OVERRIDING
• OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
• CLASSES AND OBJECTS
• CONSTRUCTORS
• INHERITANCE
• PACKAGES
• INTERFACES
• ARRAYS
• STRINGS
• ENUMERATION
• EXCEPTION HANDLING
• MULTITHREADING
• AUTOBOXING
• GENERICS
• COLLECTIONS FRAMEWORK
• UTILITY CLASSES
• FILES
• APPLETS
• GRAPHICS
• GUI BASED APPLICATIONS
• JAVA PROJECTS

CONTENTS OF THE CD-ROM

• Java Compiler for Java Platform Standard Edition 7 JDK.
• Bonus chapter named Java Projects which contains eight Java projects.
• All the source code used in this book.
• Images in all formats. Start writing image processing programs now.

Shirish Chavan did his MSc in Theoretical Physics from Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra. He is a writer, an orator, a scientist, a teacher, and a software consultant. As a writer he has written nine books on computers. As a scientist he is having one discovery and two inventions to his credit. He runs a software consultancy firm. He produces learning material for the students through Chavan Learning Systems.