Head First Java A Brain-Friendly Guide

Name: Head First Java A Brain-Friendly Guide
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ISBN: 9780596009205

ISBN-10: 0596009208

ISBN-13: 9780596009205

Edition: 2nd 2005

Authors: Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates

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Learning a complex new language is no easy task especially when it s an object-oriented computer programming language like Java. You might think the problem is your brain. It seems to have a mind of its own, a mind that doesn't always want to take in the dry, technical stuff you're forced to study. The fact is your brain craves novelty. It's constantly searching, scanning, waiting for something unusual to happen. After all, that's the way it was built to help you stay alive. It takes all the routine, ordinary, dull stuff and filters it to the background so it won't interfere with your brain's real work--recording things that matter. How does your brain know what matters? It's like the…

Book details

List price: $59.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/15/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 720
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.146
Language: English

Kathy Sierra was lead developer for the SCJP for Java 5. Sierra worked as a Sun "master trainer," and in 1997, founded javaranch.com, the largest Java community website. Her books have won multiple Software Development Magazine awards, and she is a founding member of Sun's Java Champions program.Bert Bates was a lead developer for several of Sun's Java certifications including the SCJP for Java 5. He is also a forum moderator on javaranch.com, a 20-year software developer veteran, and co-author of several bestselling Java books. Bert is is a founding member of Sun's Java Champions program.



Introduction



Breaking the Surface: a quick dip



A Trip to Objectville: yes, there will be objects



Know Your Variables: primitives and references



How Objects Behave: object state affects method behavior



Extra-Strength Methods: .ow control, operations, and more



Using the Java Library: so you don't have to write it all yourself



Better Living in Objectville: planning for the future



Serious Polymorphism: exploiting abstract classes and interfaces



Life and Death of an Object: constructors and memory management



Numbers Matter: math, formatting, wrappers, and statics



Risky Behavior: exception handling



A Very Graphic Story: intro to GUI, event handling, and inner classes



Work on Your Swing: layout managers and components



Saving Objects: serialization and I/O



Make a Connection: networking sockets and multithreading



Data Structures: collections and generics



Release Your Code: packaging and deployment



Distributed Computing: RMI with a dash of servlets, EJB, and Jini



Appendix A: Final code kitchen



Appendix B: Top Ten Things that didn't make it into the rest of the book


Index