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| Introduction | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Becoming a Programmer | |
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| Choosing a Language | |
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| Telling the Computer What to Do | |
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| How Programs Work | |
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| How Programs Don't Work | |
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| Next Stop: Java | |
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| Workshop: Installing the Kit | |
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| Writing Your First Program | |
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| What You Need to Write Programs | |
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| Creating the Saluton Program | |
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| Beginning the Program | |
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| Storing Information in a Variable | |
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| Saving the Finished Product | |
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| Compiling the Program into a Class File | |
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| Fixing Errors | |
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| Workshop: Running a Java Program | |
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| Vacationing in Java | |
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| First Stop: Sun Microsystems | |
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| Going to School with Java | |
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| Lunch in JavaWorld | |
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| Taking in a Ballgame at ESPN.com | |
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| Getting Down to Business | |
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| Stopping by EarthWeb to Ask Directions | |
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| Workshop: Putting Java on Your Desktop | |
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| Understanding How Java Programs Work | |
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| Creating an Application | |
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| Sending Arguments to Applications | |
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| Applet Basics | |
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| Sending Parameters to Applets | |
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| Workshop: Viewing the Code Used to Run Applets | |
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| Learning the Basics of Programming | |
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| Storing and Changing Information in a Program | |
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| Statements and Expressions | |
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| Assigning Variable Types | |
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| Naming Your Variables | |
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| Storing Information in Variables | |
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| Workshop: Using Expressions | |
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| All About Operators | |
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| Using Strings to Communicate | |
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| Storing Text in Strings | |
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| Displaying Strings in Programs | |
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| Using Special Characters in Strings | |
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| Pasting Strings Together | |
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| Using Other Variables with Strings | |
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| Advanced String Handling | |
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| Workshop: Presenting Credits | |
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| Using Conditional Tests to Make Decisions | |
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| Testing a Condition | |
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| if Statements | |
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| if-else Statements | |
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| switch Statements | |
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| The Conditional Operator | |
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| Workshop: Watching the Clock | |
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| Repeating an Action with Loops | |
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| for Loops | |
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| while Loops | |
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| do-while Loops | |
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| Exiting a Loop | |
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| Naming a Loop | |
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| Workshop: Teaching Your Computer a Lesson | |
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| Working with Information in New Ways | |
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| Storing Information with Arrays | |
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| Creating Arrays | |
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| Using Arrays | |
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| Multidimensional Arrays | |
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| Sorting an Array | |
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| Workshop: Array of Prizes Indeed | |
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| Creating Your First Object | |
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| How Object-Oriented Programming Works | |
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| Objects in Action | |
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| What Objects Are | |
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| Understanding Inheritance | |
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| Building an Inheritance Hierarchy | |
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| Converting Objects and Simple Variables | |
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| Workshop: Creating an Object | |
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| Describing What Your Object Is Like | |
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| Creating Variables | |
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| Creating Class Variables | |
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| Creating Behavior with Methods | |
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| Putting One Class Inside Another | |
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| Using the this Keyword | |
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| Casting Objects and Converting Values | |
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| Workshop: Using Class Methods and Variables | |
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| Making the Most of Existing Objects | |
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| The Power of Inheritance | |
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| Establishing Inheritance | |
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| Working with Existing Objects | |
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| Workshop: Creating a Subclass | |
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| Programming a Graphical User Interface | |
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| Building a Simple User Interface | |
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| Swing and the Abstract Windowing Toolkit | |
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| Using Components | |
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| Workshop: Creating Your Own Component | |
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| Laying Out a User Interface | |
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| Using Layout Managers | |
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| Workshop: Laying Out an Application | |
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| Responding to User Input | |
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| Getting Your Programs to Listen | |
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| Setting Up Components to Be Heard | |
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| Handling User Events | |
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| Workshop: A Little Lotto Madness | |
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| Building a Complex User Interface | |
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| Scroll Panes | |
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| Sliders | |
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| Change Listeners | |
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| Workshop: Using Image Icons and Toolbars | |
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| Moving into Advanced Topics | |
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| Creating Interactive Web Programs | |
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| Standard Applet Methods | |
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| Putting an Applet on a Web Page | |
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| A Sample Applet | |
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| The Java Plug-in | |
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| Sending Parameters from a Web Page | |
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| Receiving Parameters in the Applet | |
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| Workshop: Handling Parameters in an Applet | |
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| Handling Errors in a Program | |
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| Exceptions | |
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| Throwing Exceptions | |
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| Workshop: Throwing and Catching Exceptions | |
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| Creating a Threaded Program | |
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| Threads | |
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| Working with Threads | |
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| Starting with init () | |
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| Catching Errors as You Set Up URLs | |
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| Handling Screen Updates in the paint () Method | |
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| Starting the Thread | |
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| Handling Mouse Clicks | |
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| Workshop: Revolving Links | |
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| Reading and Writing Files | |
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| Streams | |
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| Writing Data to a Stream | |
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| Workshop: Writing Bytes to an MP3 File | |
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| Creating Multimedia Programs | |
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| Using Fonts and Color | |
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| Using the Font Class | |
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| Using the Color Class | |
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| Other Ways to Choose Colors | |
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| Workshop: Displaying a Danger Message | |
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| Playing Sound Files | |
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| Retrieving and Using Sounds | |
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| Java Archives | |
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| Workshop: Making Your Computer Talk to You | |
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| Working with Graphics | |
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| Using Graphics | |
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| Drawing Lines and Shapes | |
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| Workshop: Baking a Pie Graph | |
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| Creating Animation | |
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| Animating a Sequence of Images | |
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| Sending Parameters to the Applet | |
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| Workshop: Follow the Bouncing Ball | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Where to Go from Here: Java Resources | |
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| Other Books to Consider | |
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| Sun's Official Java Site | |
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| Other Java Web Sites | |
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| Java Newsgroups | |
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| Job Opportunities | |
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| This Book's Web Site | |
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| Configuring the Software Development Kit | |
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| Using a Command-Line Interface | |
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| Configuring the Software Development Kit | |
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| UNIX Configuration | |
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| Using a Text Editor with the Software Development Kit | |
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| Choosing a Text Editor | |
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| Creating a File Association in Windows | |
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| Index | |