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  • Pub. Date: March 2008
  • 177pp
  • Sales Rank: 171,535

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    • Pub. Date: March 2008
    • Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
    • Format: Paperback, 177pp
    • Sales Rank: 171,535

    Synopsis

    How many times have you reached an impasse while writing code because you couldn't remember how something in Java worked? This new pocket guide is designed to keep you moving. Concise, convenient and easy to use, the Java Pocket Guide gives you Java stripped down to its bare essentials -- in fact, it's the only book on Java that you can actually fit in your pocket.

    Written by Robert and Patricia Liguori, senior software and lead information engineers for Java-based air traffic management and simulation environments, Java Pocket Guide contains everything you really need to know about Java, particularly everything you need to remember. The book pays special attention to the new areas in Java 5 and 6, such as generics and annotations.

    Why do you need the Java Pocket Guide?

    • It's the only CliffsNotes-style guide to Java available
    • Lets you find important things quickly without consulting 1000-page tutorials
    • Includes many command-line options
    • Organized for quick and easy use on the job
    If you're looking to learn some aspect of Java, this is not your book. Java Pocket Guide is for the experienced Java programmers among you who need quick reminders to jog your memory on how something in the language works. Simply put, this pocket guide offers practical help for practicing developers.

    Biography

    Alfred Smith Jr., SCJP, SCEA, is a Sun-certified Java programmer and architect and is the director of engineering/chief architect for Enterprise Solutions at CalAmp.

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    March 27, 2009: This short and sweet pocket-sized Java guide covers the subject quickly and to the point. It brings together the main Java concepts in a single, compact format. Sometimes it's nice to have a feather-light reference in your rucksack.

    While tiny, the guide contains the following:

    Part I. Language

    Chapter 1: Naming Conventions

    Chapter 2: Lexical Elements

    Chapter 3: Fundamental Types

    Chapter 4: Reference Types

    Chapter 5: Object-Oriented Programming

    Chapter 6: Statements and Blocks

    Chapter 7: Exception Handling

    Chapter 8: Java Modifiers

    Part II. Platform

    Chapter 9: Java Platform, SE

    Chapter 10: Development Basics

    Chapter 11: Basic Input and Output

    Chapter 12: Java Collections Framework

    Chapter 13: Generics Framework

    Chapter 14: Concurrency

    Chapter 15: Memory Management

    Chapter 16: The Java Scripting API

    Chapter 17: Third-Party Tools

    Chapter 18: UML Basics

    The book is well organized and well written. It contains micro-snippets of code for virtually every topic covered. It's a helpful book to keep around for review or quick lookups. If you are new to Java but already a programmer of another object-oriented language, you could read it to get a quick, high-level overview. I have found it to be among the most useful Java books I own.