Beginning Java 2

The newest version of J2SE technology, Version 1.3, will deliver significant performance gains and improved Web deployment for enterprise-grade, client-side applications, making this as good a time as any to get into Java.

In this, the second edition of his best selling book Beginning Java 2, Ivor Horton continues to employ his proven tutorial style to teach you the Java language from scratch.

The book is built around extensive examples, now expanded and updated to demonstrate the improved capabilities of the newly released Java Developers Kit (JDK 1.3) where performance has been improved overall with particular optimisation in the Swing graphics classes, the smaller RAM footprint and the new Hotspot compiler.

From the Author - Ivor Horton outlines the differences between JDK 1.2 and 1.3

While there is a whole range of incremental improvements to the capabilities that already exist in JDK 1.2, the Sound API is a major step change in functionality. You now have in JDK 1.3 a comprehensive facility for recording and replaying sounds in a wide variety of audio formats. It also provides you with extensive support for MIDI including a software synthesizer. Of course, the Sound API underpins the Java Media Framework, too.

• Fully revised for the Java 2 Platform - Now covers JDK 1.3
  
• Teaches Java from scratch
  
• Object Oriented Programming fully explained
  
• Comprehensive introduction to Swing (enhanced in JDK 1.3)
  

Table of contents

Chapter 01- Introducing Java

Chapter 02- Programs, Data, Variables and Calculation

Chapter 03- Loops and Logic

Chapter 04- Arrays and Strings

Chapter 05- Defining Classes

Chapter 06- Extending Classes and Inheritance

Chapter 07- Exceptions

Chapter 08- Streams, Files and Stream Output

Chapter 09- Stream Input and Object Streams

Chapter 10- Utility Classes

Chapter 11- Threads

Chapter 12- Creating Windows

Chapter 13- Handling Events

Chapter 14- Drawing in a Window

Chapter 15- Extending the GUI

Chapter 16- Filing and Printing Documents

Chapter 17- Images and Animation

Chapter 18- Sound

Chapter 19- Talking to Databases

Chapter 20- The JDBC in Action

Appendix A- Setting Up

Appendix B- Java Archives - JAR Files

Appendix C- Creating Java Documentation

Appendix D- Keywords

Appendix E- ASCII Codes

Appendix F- Computer Arithmetic