Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133
EAN num: 9780782120707
ISBN number: 0782120709
Label: Sybex Inc
Manufacturer: Sybex Inc
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 1049
Printing Date: 1997-04
Publishing house: Sybex Inc
Sale Popularity Level: 4074235
Studio: Sybex Inc
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Product Description:
The 'most comprehensive, accurate, forward-thinking guide to Java' has been updated extensively for version 1.1. First-time Java programmers get an overview of Java language constructs and Java applets. Explore Java classes, packages, modifiers, GUIs, exception handling, animation, and multithreading. Experienced Java developers will master the new and exciting capabilities of version 1.1, including JavaBeans, the JDK 1.1 event model, distributed objects, RMI, serialization, and security and cryptography. The companion CD supplies all of the book's code, plus valuable Java tools and utilities.
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We used this book to teach an introductory Java course for experienced programmers. Without exception the students didn't like the book. They felt they really couldn't learn from it--topics are covered too quickly. They wanted a text with a more step-by-step approach and one with more examples.
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I like the book for the way the approach is organized, and all the components, and details are patiently and thoroughly studied, no assumption is made about what you know , and the plan to this complicated program is laid out in a very understandable way
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If you are looking to learn real java 1.1 coding then this is the book for you. Mastering java 1.1 is one of the faw books out yesterday that will see you have to code with java to the 1.1 spec ! !
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This is a very good book for those who want to get a good start on learning Java 1.1. Even for those with no OOP experience, it teaches you abstraction, interfacing, overloading, and the basic Java syntax. As far as all that goes, it's great.
When it starts getting into AWT, it starts jumping ahead a bit too quickly. AWT is something that needs lots of coverage and lots of examples and explaining, and Mastering Java 1.1 is lacking here. The on-CD examples sometimes lack the .java source, and in some cases, the .java sources are riddled with compile time and runtime errors, or trivial typos, like getId() instead of getID(), proving that the publisher (or whomever) didn't prooftest them. I've even caught the book using a few deprecated usages such as resize() instead of setSize().
Overall, not a bad book at all. I've got a firm grasp on the basics and non-visual part of Java, but I'm frustrated with it when it comes to learning AWT: GUI, animation, images, etc. This book leaves the reader to desire something a bit more complete and less in a hurry.
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