Core Java Foundation Classes (Core Series): Amazon.co.uk: Kim Topley: Books

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JFC is about to extend the Java AWT, dramatically improving Java's graphic capabilities and making it possible for developers to build state-of-the-art user interfaces. With practical, detailed examples, Core JFC shows experienced developers how to use JFC as effectively as possible. Understand what the Java Foundation Classes are, what they allow you to accomplish, and how they work together. Walk step-by-step through developing JFC-based applications and components. Learn about each significant JFC class, starting with the JFrame class that establishes the shell of an application. Understand the Java 1.1 event model; approaches for managing the user interface, establishing application control through dialog boxes; and creating menus and toolbars. Learn how to use enhanced JFC user interface components, including the JBorder class; application progress bars with JProgressBar; list and combo boxes; overlapping components. Take an in-depth look at the powerful new text components and the underlying document architecture; examine in detail the tree and table controls and see how to customize them to meet your needs. Finally, learn how to extend the JFC with custom components and how to write a custom look-and-feel of your own. Essential coverage of all the new "Swing" classes, which dramatically simplify the development of state-of-the-art GUIs. The perfect bridge book to help Java developers migrate from AWT to JFC - and the perfect state-to-finish tutorial for experienced developers new to Java GUI building. Proven Core Series format! The best information and code for real developers with real problems and real deadlines!

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The long-awaited Java Foundation Classes (JFC) greatly expand Java's graphics capabilities and streamline the construction of state-of-the-art user interfaces. Core Java ™ Foundation Classes offers the detailed information experienced developers need to make the most of JFC-whether they're migrating from AWT or building Java GUIs for the first time.

Using extensive real-world examples, Kim Topley introduces the new Swing classes. You'll learn what the Swing classes are, what they allow you to accomplish, and how they work together. You'll walk step by step through the development of JFC-based applications and components and master such crucial JFC concepts as pluggable look-and-feel.

From creating your application's shell with the JFrame class to developing your own look-and-feel, Core Java ™ Foundation Classes is the most comprehensive programmer's guide to sophisticated JFC-based development. (NOTE: examples use Swing 1.0.1 with JDK 1.1 and JDK 1.2 Beta 3)

STATE-OF-THE-ART INFORMATION FOR JFC DEVELOPERS.

GUIs and applications: dialog boxes, menus, toolbars and beyond.
Enhanced user interface components, including borders, progress bars, list and combo boxes.
In-depth coverage of the Swing text components, including how to display and edit HTML and Rich Text Format (RTF) files.
Trees and Tables, including how to extend and customize them.
Changing the look-and-feel of a component or of an entire application.

BY PROGRAMMERS, FOR PROGRAMMERS.

Series editor Gary Cornell, co-author of the wildly successful Core Java, brings his diverse experience and perspective to a new series of books written by serious programmers for serious programmers. Like Core Java, every Core Series book:

DEMONSTRATES how to write commercial quality code.
FEATURES dozens of nontrivial programs and examples-no toy code!
FOCUSES on the features and functions most important to real developers.
PROVIDES objective, unbiased coverage of cutting-edge technologies-no hype!

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This book is a best-buy for the serious Java programmer 7 Oct 1998

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Format:Paperback

There is a publisher of programming books (not Prentice Hall, the publisher of this book) that puts the solgan "100% comprehensive, authoritative, what you need" on its books. That pretty much sums up how I feel about this book.

The book is very well written at every level from sentence to chapter. There are very few errors in the text and all the example code I have run has worked as advertised, which is not, sadly, something one can always expect from programming books. Further, although the book is more than 1000 pages, it is not padded out with extracts from Sun's documentation or other fluff. You will really want to read it all the way through.

Although I was already using Java and the JFC before I started reading the book, by the end of Chapter 2 I had already learned enough which was new to me and which I could apply to my current work to justify my purchase. By the end of Chapter 4, I felt the book had paid for itself at least three times. And it gets better from there!

One thing the book is not is a tutorial on the Java language. You should have some experience with Java before you tackle this book.

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Excellent 2 July 1999

The writing is clear and concise and provides enough detail to be really useful. The book is a model of good technical writing. It is nicely bound and printed on good quality paper: a pleasure to read and handle. I look forward to the next book due in August 1999.

An Excellent choice for Swing developers.

Topley has done an excellent job with this book. The examples are clear and very useful and can easily be applied to real applications. Read more

Published on 27 April 1999

lacked information on the needed basics of java

I am a 3rd-year computer science major, so I have a lot of experience in programming, however if this is your first Java book I don't recommend it. Read more

Published on 14 April 1999

Excellent -- the most useful Java book I have ever purchased

This tells you pretty much all you need to know about Swing. I was impressed with the thoroughness and clarity of the book. Read more

Published on 19 Mar 1999

Perfectly suited to the working programmer...

Very well done...just enough background to provide a good comfort level, good examples...I have perhaps a dozen Java books and this one has been more useful than all of the others... Read more

Published on 27 Feb 1999

Can't wait for the next volume!

I've found this book an indispensable reference on Swing. My copy has little post-it notes all over the place to mark areas I go to often. The coverage is in-depth and insightful. Read more

Published on 16 Dec 1998

A "Must" for Java programmers. Five stars and more.

Anyone familiar with the Petzold book Programming Windows will know what I mean when I say that this is the "Petzold" of Java Swing. Read more

Published on 29 Nov 1998

A great background and jump-start to swing beta

A note of appreciation to the author of this book. I know he and his family must have made great personal sacrifices to create this book so soon, about a new, fast-changing and... Read more

Published on 22 Nov 1998

Very good book

Covers JFC very well and has good examples. One of the problems I found is that the author tends to use single character variables in his examples. (hard to read). Read more

Published on 20 Nov 1998

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