- Hardcover: 566 pages
- Publisher: O'Reilly (2000)
- ISBN-10: 0596001126
- ISBN-13: 978-0596001124
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.5 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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David Flanagan looks to be trying to corner the market in Java titles. Java Examples in a Nutshell is his fourth and is designed to be read in conjunction with the earlier books in which he says, it proved impossible to include all the example code he would have liked.
Like all good coding books it starts with "Hello world", used in this case to illustrate how to correctly set up your Java environment. After a few more basic examples there is a set of exercises which test your grasp of the material. From then on Flanagan tends to refer you to other books in the series to provide background and reference material relevant to the examples under discussion--a great marketing tool. In practice, any basic Java reference will provide this information. What they won't do is provide so many or such well thought out code examples for you to play with.
After the first few chapters you will be glad all the code is available for download as the examples become longer and more complex with ever less text between them. The simple Web browser example alone goes on for many pages.
Despite starting at the absolute beginning Java Examples In A Nutshell goes to the limits with sections on using RMI, JDBC, XML, servlets, JSP and lots more. It covers GUI programming, sound, encryption, internationalisation and other technologies essential for creating practical programs--all with exercises to ensure you really do understand.
While Java code is available from many Net sites the combination of organisation, examples and exercises make this a massively useful book for any budding or working Java programmer. --Steve Patient --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Ray Blackie, Calgary Oracle Users Group, April 3, 2002.
Whether you are new to Java or not, this book is sure to provide practical advice.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Somewhat outdated. Mostly covers J1.2, but weak at J1.3. It may have some historical value in order to show how Java programming was done at the good old days. Not recommended for Java2 v.1.3 beginner.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Networking example of a multi-threaded socket server proved a life-saver on a past project so I'm sold on this book. It backs up Java In A Nutshell nicely and usually saves wading through a library of Java books to find a relevant example.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Java Examples tries to cover too much in too few pages. It's usefull, yes, but I actually find a few of the examples to be to easy. They do not delve to the heart of the matter.
Also, a few of the actual examples contain errors, e.g. "Animation with images p. 67-69" uses Applet.getDocumentBase() when the correct method is getCodeBase().
This was trivial, but other examples also do not work and the solution is sometimes harder to find.
So, I was disappointed, because "Java in a nutshell" is reliable and extremely usefull.
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A Must for any Student
If like me you're a student who wants to see some examples to get projects and assignments finished and not a few pages of explaination before and after each example then this book... Read more
Published on 19 Nov 2002 by Student in Galway, Ireland
Good introduction to java but......
I found this book very easy to read, but it was aimed mainly at web applications, and very little was dealt with regarding stand-alone applications. Read more
Published on 6 Sep 1999
Great but not for complete novices.
To answer Adam Smith, this book is not intended as a "Learn to program Java" really. It is more of a reference for people who can already program but aren't 100% sure of... Read more
Published on 3 Jan 1999
The programs may run, but they don't necessarily work
As a relative newcomer to Java I bought this book mainly on the strength of the recommendations of the reviewers of these pages, having skimmed the basics of Java applications and... Read more
Published on 19 Nov 1998
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