Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133 EAN: 9780596006204 Format: Illustrated ISBN: 0596006209 Label: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 720 Publication Date: January 01, 2004 Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Sales Rank: 119846 Studio: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Product DescriptionThe author of the best-selling 'Java in a Nutshell' has created an entire book of real-world Java programming examples that you can learn from. If you learn best 'by example,' this is the book for you.
This third edition covers Java 1.4 and contains 193 complete, practical examples: over 21,900 lines of densely commented, professionally written Java code, covering 20 distinct client-side and server-side APIs. It includes new chapters on the Java Sound API and the New I/O API. The chapters on XML and servlets have been rewritten to cover the latest versions of the specifications and to demonstrate best practices for Java 1.4. New and updated examples throughout the book demonstrate many other new Java features and APIs.
'Java Examples in a Nutshell' is a companion volume to 'Java in a Nutshell,' 'Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell,' and 'Java Enterprise in a Nutshell,' It picks up where those quick references leave off, providing a wealth of examples for both novices and experts. This book doesn't hold your hand; it simply delivers well-commented working examples with succinct explanations to help you learn and explore Java and its APIs.
'Java Examples in a Nutshell' contains examples that demonstrate:
Core APIs, including I/O, New I/O, threads, networking, security, serialization, and reflection
Enterprise APIs, including JDBC (database access), JAXP (XML parsing and transformation), Servlets 2.4, JSP 2.0 (JavaServer Pages), and RMI
The book begins with introductory examples demonstrating structured and object-oriented programmingtechniques for new Java programmers. A special index at the end of the book makes it easy to look up examples that use a particular Java class or accomplish a desired task. In between, each chapter includes exercises that challenge readers and suggest further avenues for exploration.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Great bang for your buck with useful, very well explained examples.
This book rocks. I started learning Java about 2 months ago with the Head First Java book, which is AMAZINGLY helpful (even if you know absolutely nothing beforehand). Once I got through that all that I began writing small apps on my own, but found in many cases that the API (Javadoc) was hard to understand because my limited Java knowledge leaves me with no context in many cases. I would think, "ok, it says this class can do this using these methods, and that's what I want, but how exactly do ... Read More
Rating: - Summary of Java
Great overall summary of Java with examples. Replaces short surveys, tutorials and cookbooks of Java.
Rating: - Very good book of examples of specific Java concepts
This book should not be expected to substitute as a tutorial for people looking to learn the Java language. Instead, it is a book full of short programs that each illustrate specific concepts in the Java language. If you are needing a tutorial on the Java language in general, I suggest "Head First Java", which is also published by O'Reilly and Associates. You can either read the appropriate chapters of this book in parallel with that one, or look through this book after you finish the Head First Java ... Read More
Rating: - Pompous annoying examples.Think twice there are better books
While writing this I can already imagine the shock and dismay of the Fan crowd with my review. I don't have much time so let me get to the point.
The 1 star I've given it (bcs I had to, preferable I'd rate it 0 stars) mostly pertains to the GUI section of the book. Instead of providing the reader with abundant and clear examples, this author wants to impress the Java geeks by writing an 'smart' generic class that shows all the different aspects of the java GUI elements. Aside from just lame, this ... Read More
Rating: - Real working Code examples
Just type these in and learn, learn, learn. Good examples across the board.
- Great bang for your buck with useful, very well explained examples.
- Pompous annoying examples.Think twice there are better books
