Java in a Nutshell by David Flanagan, Flanagan David
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(Paperback - 5TH)
- Pub. Date: March 2005
- 1224pp
- Sales Rank: 102,790
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: March 2005
- Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
- Format: Paperback, 1224pp
- Sales Rank: 102,790
- Series: In a Nutshell (O'Reilly) Series
- ISBN-13: 9780596007737
- ISBN: 0596007736
- Edition Number: 5
- Edition Description: 5TH
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The second edition of the bestselling "Java in a Nutshell" has been updated to cover version 1.1 of the Java Development Kit (JDK). This complete quick-reference guide to Java contains descriptions of all of the classes in the Java Core API, with a definitive listing of all methods and variables.
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O'Reilly books are rarely for neophytes, but advanced users swear by them, and these will be no exception. Englander covers a hot Java subtopic for students, programmers, and professionals already familar with Java and object-oriented programming. He discusses events, event adapters, properties, persistence, java archive files, the BeanBox tool, property editors, ActiveX, and the java.beans Package. Flanagan's work is the book Java programmers want nearby when they are at the keyboard. A complete ready-reference work, this belongs in all collections supporting programmers. Java is a constantly changing language so Nutshell will be coming out often with new editions; always have the newest one on hand. Reese goes beyond simple applet design to relational databases, SQL, object-oriented database applications, application servers, and remote object manipulation. The examples used throughout the book are based on a banking application designed in Java.
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Flanagan has a degree in computer science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a consulting computer programmer, user interface designer, and trainer.
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Java in a Nutshellby Anonymous
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September 07, 2007: The subject of this book is presented in a direct, technical, no-nonsense manner. The information is very useful to those with a technical background - especially in programming. Those just starting out would probably be better served by approaching this subject at a lower level. For those with experience, everything is there (although, at times it does get a little dry).
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April 08, 2005: Recently, Sun gave us a significant upgrade to Java - the release of Java 5. A slew of the inevitable bug fixes. But also key new features, as explained here by Flanagan in the 5th edition of his long running reference. Some new abilities lead to notational simplification, like autoboxing. So if k is an Integer, you can now say 'k=5' instead of the clumsier 'k=new Integer(5)'. With a similar inverse process if q is an int, of being able to write 'q=k' rather than 'q=k.intValue()'. Though of course the older forms are still valid, for backward compatibility. Hey, varargs are now allowed! Much to the pleasure of some of you who came from C programming and used this nice feature. Ever since Java came out, there has been a continual, albeit quiet, push for varargs. Finally! By now, experienced Java programmers may be familiar with earlier versions of the book. There may be mild astonishment at the sheer heft of this edition. Thanks to its popularity, Java has bulked up in the number and scope of its classes. The book is a reassuring sign of Java's vitality.
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