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Message from Dean - May 8th 2007
I am currently testing out a new version of the APF Bridge Component - If you notice any errors within this demo store please drop me a line.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133
EAN: 9780596002831
Edition: 4th
ISBN: 0596002831
Label: O'Reilly
Manufacturer: O'Reilly
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 992
Publication Date: 2002-03
Publisher: O'Reilly
Studio: O'Reilly
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The new 1.4 release of Java 2 Standard edition increases the size of the platform by 50%, to 2757 classes in 135 packages., so aall of these exciting new features, the 1.4 release of Java 2 Standard edition brings potential for frustration. How will all this affect your applications? Don't worry, our new 4th edition has answers. With the accelerated introduction to the Java programming language and its key APIs, you can start writing code right away, and because its classic quick reference contains all the classes in the essential Java packages, you'll find exactly what you need to make the new version work for you. With more than 250 new pages, the book brings you up to speed on new APIs for high-performance low-level I/O, logging, user preference, and user authentication with the JAAS. You'll also find information on the new Collections classes, support for XML parsing using both the DOM and SAX APIs, support for pattern matching with regular expressions, and much much more. For as long as Java developers have existed, this perennial bestseller has been there to take you to the heart of the program.
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For those that find that Javadoc hard to read (like me) or aren't "always on" the internet, this is a great alternative. The first few chapters are particularly - short, sweet and to the point - a cross between Javadoc and a cookbook and is quite readable.
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Java: In a Nutshell (4th ed.) is a decent reference manual for quick lookups. Be forewarned: it's very terse. This helps and hurts it; the Java language is pretty hefty itself, so concise reference is valuable, however sometimes I've found it to be a little bit on the lacking side when I really needed fast and easily understandable reference.
Not a must-have, but definitely not a waste.
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This book is way too terse to be useful. Modern Java development tools will help you use the correct class method signatures anyway. Buy the posters instead and give yourself a visual overview instead.
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This isn't a textbook. It's a handbook, and gives good, clear descriptions of every corner of the Java language. Java isn't a big feature-sodden language, but has a few obscure corners. If you just can't remember the syntax for up-reference from an inner class, you'll find it fast and explained well.
The API guide is fairly complete, but terse. Well, it has to be - the API keep growing. No one book could hold a complete description of everything. Sad to say, earlier editions had more complete API descriptions. The second, for example, had a very good introduction to reflection. As the Java API grew, however, the old descriptions had to shrink to make way for the new, and the reflection discussion was squeezed out. Still, it gives a good quick look at the API. This isn't as complete as the Javadoc API information, but is hugely more browseable. Use this to direct your query into the right area, then use Sun's Javadoc to get the details.
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I keep this book by my side and reference it at least twice a week. An integral part of my Java programmer's desktop library.
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