Sams Teach Yourself Java 6 in 21 Days

Name: Sams Teach Yourself Java 6 in 21 Days
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ISBN: 9780672329432

ISBN-10: 0672329433

ISBN-13: 9780672329432

Edition: 5th 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Rogers Cadenhead, Laura Lemay

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" If you get only one Java book, it should be Sams Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days" -PC Magazine In just 21 days, you can acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to develop three kinds of programs with Java: applications on your computer, servlets on a web server, and browser-launched Java Web Start applications. No previous programming experience required. By following the 21 carefully organized lessons in this book, anyone can learn the basics of Java programming. Learn at your own pace. You can work through each chapter sequentially to make sure you thoroughly understand all of the concepts and methodologies, or you can focus on specific lessons to learn the techniques that interest…

Book details

List price: $49.99
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 5/25/2007
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 720
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.00" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English

Rogers Cadenheadis a writer, computer programmer, and Web developer who has written twelve books on Internet-related topics. He is an application developer and he maintains the Cruel Site of the Day and several other popular Internet sites that receive more than 7 million visits a year.



Introduction 1


How This Book Is Organized


Who Should Read This Book


Conventions Used in This Book



The Java Language



Getting Started with Java


The Java Language


History of the Language


Introduction to Java


Selecting a Development Tool


Object-Oriented Programming


Objects and Classes


Attributes and Behavior


Attributes of a Class of Objects


Behavior of a Class of Objects


Creating a Class


Running the Program


Organizing Classes and Class Behavior


Inheritance


Creating a Class Hierarchy


Inheritance in Action


Single and Multiple Inheritance


Interfaces


Packages


Summary


Q&A


Quiz


Questions


Answers


Certification Practice


Exercises



The ABCs of Programming


Statements and Expressions


Variables and Data Types


Creating Variables


Naming Variables


Variable Types


Assigning Values to Variables


Constants


Comments


Literals


Number Literals


Boolean Literals


Character Literals


String Literals


Expressions and Operators


Arithmetic


More About Assignment


Incrementing and Decrementing


Comparisons


Operator Precedence


String Arithmetic


Summary


Q&A


Quiz


Questions


Answers


Certification Practice


Exercises



Working with Objects


Creating New Objects


Using new


What new Does


A Note on Memory Management


Accessing and Setting Class and Instance Variables


Getting Values


Changing Values


Class Variables


Calling Methods


Nesting Method Calls


Class Methods


References to Objects


Casting and Converting Objects and Primitive Types


Casting Primitive Types


Casting Objects


Converting Primitive Types to Objects and Vice Versa


Comparing Object Values and Classes


Comparing Objects


Determining the Class of an Object


Summary


Q&A


Quiz


Questions


Answers


Certification Practice


Exercises



Lists, Logic, and Loops


Arrays


Declaring Array Variables


Creating Array Objects


Accessing Array Elements


Changing Array Elements


Multidimensional Arrays


Block Statements


If Conditionals


Switch Conditionals


For Loops


While and do Loops


While Loops


Do-while Loops


Breaking Out of Loops


Labeled Loops


The Conditional Operator


Summary


Q&A


Quiz


Questions


Answers


Certification Practice


Exercises



Creating Classes and Methods


Defining Classes


Creating Instance and Class Variables


Defining Instance Variables


Class Variables


Creating Methods


Defining Methods


The this Keyword


Variable Scope and Method Definitions


Passing Arguments to Methods


Class Methods