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SAMS Teach Yourself Programming with Java™ in 24 Hours, FOURTH EDITION
By Rogers Cadenhead
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Publisher: Sams
Pub Date: September 30, 2005
ISBN: 0-672-32844-5
Pages: 576

Table of Contents | Index

About the Author

Acknowledgments

Reader Acknowledgements

We Want to Hear from You!

Reader Services

Part I. Getting Started

Hour 1. Becoming a Programmer

Choosing a Language

Telling the Computer What to Do

How Programs Work

How Programs Don't Work

Next Stop: Java

Workshop: Installing a Java Development Tool

Hour 2. Writing Your First Program

What You Need to Write Programs

Creating the Saluton Program

Storing Information in a Variable

Saving the Finished Product

Compiling the Program into a Class File

Workshop: Running a Java Program

Hour 3. Vacationing in Java

First Stop: Sun Microsystems

Going to School with Java

Lunch in JavaWorld

Watching the Skies at NASA

Getting Down to Business

Stopping by Gamelan to Ask Directions

Workshop: Venturing into Another World

Hour 4. Understanding How Java Programs Work

Creating an Application

Sending Arguments to Applications

Sending Parameters to Applets

Workshop: Viewing the Code Used to Run Applets

Part II. Learning the Basics of Programming

Hour 5. Storing and Changing Information in a Program

Statements and Expressions

Assigning Variable Types

Naming Your Variables

Storing Information in Variables

Workshop: Using Expressions

All about Operators

Hour 6. Using Strings to Communicate

Storing Text in Strings

Displaying Strings in Programs

Using Special Characters in Strings

Pasting Strings Together

Using Other Variables with Strings

Advanced String Handling

Workshop: Presenting Credits

Hour 7. Using Conditional Tests to Make Decisions

Testing a Condition

if-else Statements

switch Statements

The Conditional Operator

Workshop: Watching the Clock

Hour 8. Repeating an Action with Loops

Workshop: Teaching Your Computer a Lesson

Part III. WORKING WITH INFORMATION IN NEW WAYS

Hour 9. Storing Information with Arrays

Creating Arrays

Multidimensional Arrays

Sorting an Array

Workshop: Array of Prizes, Indeed

Hour 10. Creating Your First Object

How Object-Oriented Programming Works

Objects in Action

What Objects Are

Understanding Inheritance

Building an Inheritance Hierarchy

Converting Objects and Simple Variables

Workshop: Creating an Object

Hour 11. Describing What Your Object Is Like

Creating Variables

Creating Class Variables

Creating Behavior with Methods

Putting One Class inside Another

Using the this Keyword

Workshop: Using Class Methods and Variables

Hour 12. Making the Most of Existing Objects

The Power of Inheritance

Establishing Inheritance

Working with Existing Objects

Storing Objects of the Same Class in Vectors

Workshop: Creating a Subclass

Part IV. Programming a Graphical User Interface

Hour 13. Building a Simple User Interface

Swing and the Abstract Windowing Toolkit

Using Components

Workshop: Creating Your Own Component

Hour 14. Laying Out a User Interface

Using Layout Managers

Workshop: Laying Out an Application

Hour 15. Responding to User Input

Getting Your Programs to Listen

Setting Up Components to Be Heard

Handling User Events

Workshop: A Little Lotto Madness

Hour 16. Building a Complex User Interface

Change Listeners

Workshop: Using Image Icons and Toolbars

Part V. Creating Multimedia Programs

Hour 17. Creating Interactive Web Programs

Standard Applet Methods

Putting an Applet on a Web Page

A Sample Applet

The Java Plug-in

Sending Parameters from a Web Page

Receiving Parameters in the Applet

Workshop: Handling Parameters in an Applet

Using Java Web Start

Hour 18. Handling Errors in a Program

Workshop: Throwing and Catching Exceptions

Hour 19. Creating a Threaded Program

Working with Threads

Starting with init()

Catching Errors as You Set Up URLs

Handling Screen Updates in the paint() Method

Starting the Thread

Handling Mouse Clicks

Workshop: Revolving Links

Hour 20. Reading and Writing Files

Writing Data to a Stream

Reading and Writing Configuration Properties

Workshop: Writing Bytes to an MP3 File

Part VI. Creating Multimedia Programs

Hour 21. Reading and Writing XML Data

Creating an XML File

Reading an XML File

Workshop: Reading RSS Syndication Feeds

Hour 22. Using Fonts and Color

Using the Font Class

Using the Color Class

Other Ways to Choose Colors

Workshop: Displaying a Danger Message

Hour 23. Working with Graphics

Drawing Lines and Shapes

Workshop: Baking a Pie Graph

Hour 24. Creating Animation

Animating a Sequence of Images

Sending Parameters to the Applet

Workshop: Follow the Bouncing Ball

Part VII. Bonus…

Hour 25. Creating Web Services with XML-RPC

Working with Apache XML-RPC

Creating an XML-RPC Handler

Creating an XML-RPC Server

Creating an XML-RPC Client

Workshop: Enhancing the LottoMadness Application

Part VIII. Appendixes

Appendix A. Using the Java Development Kit

Choosing a Java Development Tool

Configuring the Java Development Kit

Using a Text Editor

Creating a Sample Program

Setting Up the CLASSPATH Variable

Appendix B. Programming with the Java Development Kit

An Overview of the JDK

The java Interpreter

The javac Compiler

The appletviewer Browser

The javadoc Documentation Tool

The jar Java File Archival Tool

The jdb Debugger

Using System Properties

Appendix C. Using the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment

Choosing a Java Development Tool

Creating a Sample Program

Appendix D. Where to Go from Here: Java Resources

Other Books to Consider

Sun's Official Java Site

Other Java Websites

Java Newsgroups

Internet Relay Chat

Job Opportunities

Appendix E. This Book's Website

Sun Microsystems, Inc. Binary Code License Agreement

JAVA™ DEVELOPMENT TOOLS JAXP.JAR AND PARSER.JAR ARCHIVE FILES FROM JAVA API FOR XML PARSING, VERSION 1.0 SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS

JAVAHELP™ VERSION 2.0 SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS

JAVA™ DEVELOPMENT TOOLS JAVAC COMPILER SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS

JAVA™ INTERFACE CLASSES J2EE™ DEPLOYMENT SPECIFICATION INTERFACE CLASSES 1.1 SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS

JAVA 2, ENTERPRISE EDITION (J2EE™) MANAGEMENT, VERSION 1.0 JAVA™ INTERFACE CLASSES SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS

JAVA™ INTERFACE CLASSES ENTERPRISE JAVABEANS™, VERSION 2.0, INTERFACE CLASSES SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS

JAVA™ OPTIONAL PACKAGE JMX™, VERSION 1.2 SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS

J2EEeditor.jar SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS

resolver-1_1_nb.jar Based on Sun's XML Resolver 1.0 Software License Agreement

What's on the CD-ROM

Windows Installation Instructions

UNIX and UNIX-like Installation Instructions