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Java 6 Platform Revealed [Kindle Edition]

John Zukowski

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Be among the first to capture an early look at the libraries of Java SE 6, aka Mustang. While J2SE 5.0 is just now starting to become regularly adopted, Java 6 Platform Revealed takes a look at the next release of the Standard Edition platform to come from Sun.

New editions of the platform don’t happen that frequently, but when they do, there is a lot to learn about quickly. If you want to come up to speed on the feature set as quickly as possible, Java 6 Platform Revealed will place you well ahead of the pack. You’ll find 10 chapters of how to use the JSR implementations and library improvements that are now a part of Mustang. You’ll learn about the scripting features of AWT and Swing, like splash screens, system tray access, and table sorting and filtering and lots more. What you won’t find in Java 6 Platform Revealed is a "getting started with Java" tutorial. Come prepared with a good working knowledge of Java 5 platform for best results.

Not only will you see what's in Java's future, but you’ll learn how to actually use many of the new features of the platform quickly.

Table of Contents

  1. Java SE 6 at a Glance
  2. Language and Utility Updates
  3. I/O, Networking, and Security Updates
  4. AWT and Swing Updates
  5. JDBC 4.0
  6. Extensible Markup Language (XML)
  7. Web Services
  8. The Java Compiler API
  9. Scripting and JSR 223
  10. Pluggable Annotation Processing Updates

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 1950 KB
  • Print Length: 239 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1590596609
  • Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (20 July 2006)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B001D0H6W6
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #459,181 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Very early introduction to the new features of Java 6 SE (Mustang) 13 Oct 2006
By ws__ - Published on Amazon.com
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This is a very first introduction to the upcoming Java 6 Standard Edition (Mustang). The book is based on the Java 6 Drop 84/85 as of May 2006 (see page xvi) and is somewhat aware of drop 88 (see page 114). Reading it saves you the work of wading yourself through the new API and make your own comparisons.

John Zukowski's Java 6 is well organized and written in a very comprehensible style. The author's long track record of Java books clearly shows. Each chapter summarizes the changes/additions to the api by counting the relevant interfaces, classes, enums and throwables on a per package basis.

Seven out of the ten chapters treat the new features in a self contained and sufficiently complete introduction. The three exceptions are XML related technologies and here especially web services. They moved into the standard Java distribution. These are technologies that need a many hundred pages introduction - so be prepared to find here only hints and not a complete treatment. This is perfectly fined since such books exist already. On the other hand Java annotations are around since Java 5 SE. Here John Zukowski explicity repeats the achievements of the previous version and contrasts the new additions to it.

In summary I can wholeheartedly recommend this book as a quick start into the upcoming standard Java edition.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Poor, oh how I wished for a follow up to the O'Reilly Java 1.5 Notebook. 15 Feb 2008
By Dinsdale Litotes - Published on Amazon.com
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The title of this review pretty much says it all. Not a good book, though I suppose necessary at the time. I was really hoping for a follow up from O'Reilly to their excellent "Java 1.5 Tiger - A Developer's Notebook". As the man said "I just need the facts ..."
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
You'll love it or hate it, depending on your experience level 3 Aug 2007
By calvinnme - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
You'll love this book if you are already a pro up through the current Java release and don't want to - once again - wade through Gary Cornell's excellent but complete treatise on the Java language just to figure out what is new to the language in Java 6. You'll hate this book if you want to learn Java for the first time, starting with Java 6, and decide to start with this book. Zukowski assumes you know the current state of all of the APIs he is talking about and just want to know what is new. He does an excellent job explaining what has changed and shores up his explanations with non-trivial examples. I highly recommend it to current Java programmers. If you are not already a Java programmer, wait for Horstmann and Cornell's "Core Java, Volume I-Fundamentals (8th Edition)" to be released in September and learn Java 6 and Java programming the right way and from scratch.

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