Java: How to Program: Amazon.co.uk: Harvey M. Deitel, Paul J. Deitel: Books

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For CS1 and other courses on programming in Java offered in departments of Computer Science, CIS, MIS, IT, Business, Engineering, and Continuing Education. Also appropriate for upper-level courses where the instructor wants a reference to the Java language.

Written by the authors of the world's best-selling introductory C and C++ texts, this state-of-the-art guide examines one of today's hottest computer languages-Java; the first general-purpose, object-oriented language that is truly platform-independent. The latest Java 2 features are incorporated throughout this edition.

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The authoritative DEITEL™ LIVE-CODE™ introduction to programming with the Java™ 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)

Java™ has revolutionized software development with multimedia-intensive, platform-independent, object-oriented code for conventional, Internet-, Intranet- and Extranet-based applications and applets. This exciting new Fourth Edition of the world's best-selling Java textbook now has a companion volume—Advanced Java 2 Platform How to Program—which focuses on the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE), presents advanced J2SE features and introduces the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME).

Dr. Harvey M. Deitel and Paul J. Deitel are the founders of Deitel & Associates, Inc., the internationally recognized corporate training and content-creation organization specializing in Java, C++, C, Visual C#^™, Visual Basic^®, Visual C++^®, .NET, XML^™, Python, Perl, Internet, Web and object technologies. The Deitels are also the authors of the world's #1 C++ textbook—C++ How to Program, 3/e—and many other best sellers.

In Java How to Program, Fourth Edition the Deitels introduce the fundamentals of object-oriented programming in Java. The 4th edition includes an optional 180-page case study that introduces object-oriented design with the UML. Key 4th edition topics include:

Applications/Applets
Swing GUI/Event Handling
Classes/Objects/Interfaces
Encapsulation/Inner Classes
OOP/Inheritance/Polymorphism
Data Structures/Collections
Files/Streams/Serialization
Networking/Client/Server/Internet/Web
Graphics/Java2D/Images/Animation
JMF/Java Sound/Audio/Video/MIDI
(Optional) OOD/UML/Design Patterns
Exceptions/Multithreading

Java How to Program, Fourth Edition includes extensive pedagogic features:

Hundreds of LIVE-CODE^™ programs with screen captures that show exact outputs
Extensive World Wide Web and Internet resources to encourage further research
Hundreds of tips, recommended practices and cautions—all marked with icons
— Good Programming Practices
—Software Engineering Observations
—Performance Tips
—Look-and-Feel Observations
—Testing and Debugging Tips
—Common Programming Errors

Java How to Program, Fourth Edition is the centerpiece of a family of resources for teaching and learning Java, including Web sites (http://www.prenhall.com/deitel and http://www.deitel.com) with the book's code examples (also on the enclosed CD) and other information for faculty, students and professionals; an optional interactive CD (Java 2 Multimedia Cyber Classroom) containing hyperlinks, audio walkthroughs of the code examples, solutions to about half the book's exercises and e-mail access to the authors at
deitel@deitel.com

For information on worldwide corporate on-site seminars and Web-based training offered by Deitel & Associates, Inc., visit:
http://www.deitel.com

For information on current and forthcoming Deitel/Prentice Hall publications including How to Program Series (e-)books, Multimedia Cyber Classrooms, Complete Training Courses (that include Deitel books and Cyber Classrooms) and Web-Based Training Courses see the last few pages of this book.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

Impressive 12 Nov 2002

By Thomas Paul

Format:Paperback

Deitel & Deitel books are impressive. They are impressive in size and scope (not to mention weight). How can one describe a book that starts with "What is a computer?" and ends with a discussion of the Java Media Framework? The book is as complete as you would want in an introduction to Java. It is more than 1500 pages plus bonus chapters on the included CD. The book covers virtually everything in J2SE, gives a good primer on object oriented programming, and covers design patterns and UML. There's enough information in this book for two semesters of Java. Perhaps this is the problem with this book. All this scope, all this information is just too overwhelming. Trying to use this book to self-teach Java would probably be too much. This is the kind of book that needs a steady guiding hand to point out the important information. The book even starts out hard, throwing the reader right into Swing which is used throughout the book. But this book is good. Code examples are everywhere and they are very well explained. The publisher even uses multi-color syntax highlighting to make it easier to read the code. Virtually every line of code is explained. It is almost impossible to turn a page and not find either code samples or a diagram. If you are planning on teaching a Java course and you are looking for a textbook this is one book that would make a good choice.

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The best book to learn Java 5 Nov 2002

By "jfhe"

If you start from scratch, this book is for you.

I have bought a lot of books about Java. This one is by far the best introduction to this language. It covers SDK 1.3, so you ll find nothing about the assertions but who cares.

Colors are used in the code exactly like an advanced editor would do. It makes it easy to read the code.

The aim here is to learn Java but surely you'll keep it as a reference.

Servlet and JSP are not covered in this book because it is an introduction to Java. The 2nd book from Deitel covers J2EE components...

26 of 30 people found the following review helpful

Most complete introductory java book on the market. 11 Nov 2001

By "dbgscotland"

The example code is in complete programs. The page count,140 extra pages on CD and a small typeface, means it is complete, showing e.g. import statements.
Colour adds to the screenshots and gives syntax colouring of the code.
Covers e.g. Menus. This isn't in 3rd ed of Sun's Core Java 1/2, Graphic Java. In 21 days etc. (Not having "How to program", I ended up reverse engineering JBuilder generated code).

Another example on groups of JButtons saved me a days work and paid for the book.

Includes J2SE 1.3.1 on CD.
Late in the day for a 1.3 text when Java 1.4 will be finalised in Jan/Feb 2002. But the extra work shows.
I don't see what value CS depts are going to add to this. Viable for 18 year olds to buy this and the Deitels 'Advanced Java', study these for 6 months, then get a Java job.
I wish there were texts of this quality when I did CS.
Includes introductions to design, patterns and UML, as a bonus, these wouldn't normally have been covered in 1st year.

After seeing this book, I'm going to buy the Deitels follow on book "Advanced Java" for initiation to J2EE and JDBC, (server-side programming).