Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133 EAN: 9780596007386 Format: Illustrated ISBN: 0596007388 Label: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 200 Publication Date: June 25, 2004 Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Sales Rank: 410829 Studio: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Product DescriptionJava 5.0, code-named 'Tiger,' promises to be the most significant new version of Java since the introduction of the language. With over a hundred substantial changes to the core language, as well as numerous library and API additions, developers have a variety of new features, facilities, and techniques available.
But with so many changes, where do you start? You could read through the lengthy, often boring language specification; you could wait for the latest 500 page tome on concepts and theory; you could even play around with the new JDK, hoping you figure things out--or you can get straight to work with 'Java 5.0 Tiger: A Developer's Notebook,'
This no-nonsense, down-and-dirty guide by bestselling Java authors Brett McLaughlin and David Flanagan skips all the boring prose and lecture, and jumps right into Tiger. You'll have a handle on the important new features of the language by the end of the first chapter, and be neck-deep in code before you hit the halfway point. Using the task-oriented format of this new series, you'll get complete practical coverage of generics, learn how boxing and unboxing affects your type conversions, understand the power of varargs, learn how to write enumerated types and annotations, master Java's new formatting methods and the for/in loop, and even get a grip on concurrency in the JVM.
Light on theory and long on practical application, 'Java 5.0 Tiger: A Developer's Notebook' allows you to cut to the chase, getting straight to work with Tiger's new features. The new Developer's Notebooks series from O'Reilly covers important new tools for software developers. Emphasizing example over explanation and practice over theory, they focus onlearning by doing--you'll get the goods straight from the masters, in an informal and code-intensive style that suits developers. If you've been curious about Tiger, but haven't known where to start, this no-fluff, lab-style guide is the solution.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Good Intro to the latest features of Java 1.5 Tiger.
This book delivers most of what it promises to, which is a good introduction to the latest and greatest features of Java 1.5 Tiger. Considering the extent of changes Sun introduced in the new version, I think the authors did a decent job explaining them. If you are new to 1.5 version though, you would probably need to read another book that explains the concepts in greater detail.
My only complaint is with the "Threading" chapter which was full of of API methods instead of letting the ... Read More
Rating: - Good book to start with.
There's nothing in this book that you couldn't find on Sun's website, but it's a good quick reference book.
Rating: - This is the best way to progress from Java 4 to Java 5 that I know of
This is a great book. If you know Java 4 and you want to upgrade your knowledge, this book is short-and-sweet -- only 170 pages. It tells you quickly what is new in Java 5 so that you can make the transition from Java 4 prograamming to Java 5 programming.
Rating: - Error-Prone, yet valuable notebook
First off, i sincerely appreciate O'Reilly on their innovative idea of a notebook series. This series is targetted towards busy developers who dont find the time to crunch through big fat books and learn about every grain of sand; rather they would spend less time and learn what is absolutely required. This is certainly a welcome concept.
That said, this book is about the new additions that sun incroporated into java 5 (Tiger). Yes, there are so many additions that it requires a book in ... Read More
Rating: - Quick intro to Tiger features
This book delivers on what it promises - quick and dirty introductions to the new features of Tiger. It does a great job of getting one familiar with all of the new features, though, as noted by other reviewers, it is not intended to be an in depth reference. The chapters on generics and concurrency could certainly be deeper, but the book provides a good grounding in the basics, opens the door to more complete study, and provides enough sample code to get one writing code.
- Good Intro to the latest features of Java 1.5 Tiger.
- Good book to start with.
- This is the best way to progress from Java 4 to Java 5 that I know of
