Murach's Java Programming: Training & Reference

This is the 4th edition of Murach's classic Java book that's trained thousands of developers in the last 10 years. Now fully updated to take advantage of the NetBeans IDE, this book helps any programmer learn Java faster and better than ever before. It's the one Java book that presents object-oriented features like inheritance, interfaces, and polymorphism in a way that's both understandable and useful in the real world. It moves at the professional pace that's expected on the job. It's full of practical coding examples that enhance training and that work as time-saving models for new applications. And it's all done in the distinctive Murach style that has been training professional programmers for more than 37 years.

Joel Murach has been writing and editing books about computer programming for over 10 years. During that time, he has written extensively on a wide range of Java, .NET, web, and database technologies. When he's not programming or writing books about programming, he can be found surfing or writing music.