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

Table of Contents  | Index

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		Copyright
		About the Author
		Acknowledgments
		Reader Acknowledgements
		We Want to Hear from You!
		Reader Services
		Introduction
		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
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
			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
				Fixing Errors
				Workshop: Running a Java Program
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
			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
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
			Hour 4.  Understanding How Java Programs Work
				Creating an Application
				Sending Arguments to Applications
				Applet Basics
				Sending Parameters to Applets
				Workshop: Viewing the Code Used to Run Applets
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
		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
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
			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
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
			Hour 7.  Using Conditional Tests to Make Decisions
				Testing a Condition
				if Statements
				if-else Statements
				switch Statements
				The Conditional Operator
				Workshop: Watching the Clock
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
			Hour 8.  Repeating an Action with Loops
				for Loops
				while Loops
				do-while Loops
				Exiting a Loop
				Naming a Loop
				Workshop: Teaching Your Computer a Lesson
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
		Part III.  WORKING WITH INFORMATION IN NEW WAYS
			Hour 9.  Storing Information with Arrays
				Creating Arrays
				Using Arrays
				Multidimensional Arrays
				Sorting an Array
				Workshop: Array of Prizes, Indeed
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
			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
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
			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
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
			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
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
		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
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
			Hour 14.  Laying Out a User Interface
				Using Layout Managers
				Workshop: Laying Out an Application
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
			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
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
			Hour 16.  Building a Complex User Interface
				Scroll Panes
				Sliders
				Change Listeners
				Menus
				Workshop: Using Image Icons and Toolbars
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
		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
				Java Web Start
				Using Java Web Start
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
			Hour 18.  Handling Errors in a Program
				Exceptions
				Assertions
				Workshop: Throwing and Catching Exceptions
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
			Hour 19.  Creating a Threaded Program
				Threads
				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
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
			Hour 20.  Reading and Writing Files
				Streams
				Writing Data to a Stream
				Reading and Writing Configuration Properties
				Workshop: Writing Bytes to an MP3 File
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
		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
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
			Hour 22.  Using Fonts and Color
				Using the Font Class
				Using the Color Class
				Other Ways to Choose Colors
				Workshop: Displaying a Danger Message
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
			Hour 23.  Working with Graphics
				Using Graphics
				Drawing Lines and Shapes
				Workshop: Baking a Pie Graph
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
			Hour 24.  Creating Animation
				Animating a Sequence of Images
				Sending Parameters to the Applet
				Workshop: Follow the Bouncing Ball
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
		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
				Summary
				Q&A
				Quiz
				Activities
		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
				Summary
				Q&A
			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
		Index

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