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Table Of Contents

  • Politics and the Java Language - How to convince your boss to use Java, and more.
  • Getting Ready to Brew - Setting up your Java environment, IDEs, etc.
  • Teach Yourself Object Oriented Programming in Java in 21 Minutes - The ultimate crash course in Java.
  • Applications and the java.lang Package - The core of the java language
  • Applets and Oranges - Applets, applet communication, applet audio, controlling the browser, etc. Be sure to check some of mine out.
  • Inside AWT - More than you ever wanted to know about the Abstract Window Toolkit, including how to roll your own layout manager.
  • A Tangled Web: Java Multithreading - Threads, thread synchronization, even the infamous Threads of Doom.
  • Java I/O - Input and output, Java-style.
  • Networking and Distributed Processing - All the networking and distributed processing features, including RMI (Remote Method Invocation). Plus how to violate US munitions laws with an encryption applet. As a bonus, I show how to use the computing power of all the people browsing your page to factor large numbers with or without their permission! The network is the Supercomputer!
  • Deep Voodoo: Native Methods and the Virtual Machine - If you want to know what all the fuss is about, here are all the details.
  • Internet Capitalism: Shopping Carts and Databases - You know 'em, you love 'em, here's how to write 'em!
  • Conclusion - Future Java.
  • Appendix - A Java Glossary.

If you have comments or suggestions, email me at aj784@osfn.rhilinet.gov

 

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ISBN 0-471-16519-0
383pages
November, 1996

Wiley Computer Publishing
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