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The java language has been growing from strength to strength since its inception in 1995. It has since proved to be both powerful and extraordinarily easy to learn and use. This is what makes it ideal for the beginner. With dramatic changes to it's handling of files, and the introduction of native support for XML, java has been updated to work faster and to be current with the incredible rise of XML as a medium for communicating data.

This edition of the Beginning Java books outlines everything the beginning programmer needs to know to program with the Java programming language and the 1.4 Java Developer Kit. With the release of JDK 1.4, programmers can look forward to the most stable edition yet, and even better performance than was available previously.

Ivor's inimitable style has proved to be a hit with nearly half a million people with its easy to learn approach and the many useful examples. Regularly voted the most popular java programming book, this book teaches java from scratch and assumes no previous knowledge. It is also suitable for those who have got some programming experience, especially C or C++, which will make learning easier. Either way you will soon become expert in creating your own programs.

It includes a full explanation of Object Oriented programming. A comprehensive introduction to swing is accompanied by a significant application that you will develop through the last half of the book, and which demonstrates all of the necessary skills for creating fully features java applications.

To add to this, help from your peers and from the author are available through the unique programmer to programmer mailing lists, forums, and newsgroups all in addition to our one-to-one email support helping you to overcomes any difficulties, and work through the exercises with programmers just like yourself.

The following new subjects are also covered in this book:

New and Improved Utility class in the Collections Framework

lar Expressions

IO APIs

XML Processing

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The Java language has been growing from strength to strength since its inception in 1995. It has since proved to be both powerful and extraordinarily easy to learn and use. This is what makes it ideal for the beginner. With dramatic changes to its handling of files, and the introduction of native support for XML, Java has been updated to work faster and to be current with the incredible rise of XML as a medium for communicating data. This edition of the "Beginning Java" books outlines everything the beginning programmer needs to know to program with the Java programming language and the 1.4 Java Developer Kit. With the release of JDK 1.4, programmers can look forward to the most stable edition yet, and even better performance than was available previously. This book teaches Java from scratch and assumes no previous knowledge. It is also suitable for those who have got some programming experience, especially C or C++, which will make learning easier. Either way you should soon become expert in creating your own programs.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   14 of 14 people found the following review helpful: A complete course in a book, 25 Nov 2003 By  GillianBC (Buckinghamshire) - See all my reviews This review is from: Beginning Java 2: SDK 1.4 Edition (Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback) This is all you need to buy to learn Java. This book explains where you can download the development tools and all the examples and exercise solutions that accompany the book are available on the wrox website (all of which are free). This is a big doorstep of a book but everything is explained in detail and is ideal whether learning programming for the first time, cross training from another language or used as a memory jogger. General programming and object-oriented concepts are discussed from first principles and with real world analogies. The examples and exercises build on each other throughout the chapters. Do take the time to try each of the exercises as this is where the learning becomes real. This book teaches the best and most efficient coding practices not just the concepts. One of the best IT books I have read in 9 years as an IT professional.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   11 of 11 people found the following review helpful: Good book with new XML functionality included, 11 May 2002 By  R. H. Coundon (Wokingham, UK) - See all my reviews    I already owned Beginning Java 2 for JDK 1.2 by Ivor Horton which is a great introduction to the Java language as well as a good reference for more experienced programmers. This book is again, very well explained with lots of examples and hands on teaching. The newly added XML parsing functionality has been explained and added to the Sketcher example. A good general foundation of what XML is and what it can do is supplied as well as how the API for SAX and DOM can be used and the benefits and drawbacks of each. The one drawback with this book is that information about JDBC has been dropped in favour of more 'in vogue' XML. It have would be good to see XML and JDBC available in one tome.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   8 of 8 people found the following review helpful: Best book to learn Java, 23 Nov 2002 By  Thomas Paul (Plainview, NY USA) - See all my reviews       Ivor Horton has once again produced an exceptional beginner's book for Java. I have reviewed many beginner books on Java in the search for a textbook for an "Introduction to Java" class that I teach at Hofstra University. Few of these books have met the goal of providing a solid base of knowledge upon which a programmer can build. Ivor Horton's "Beginning Java" is one of those few. This book is an excellent introduction to Java for anyone who has a basic understanding of programming and is willing to apply some effort to learn the language. Horton proceeds at a rapid pace to cover virtually every important topic in Java outside of the Enterprise Edition. Starting with the basics of the Java language Horton explains the Java syntax in great detail. He then goes on to cover exceptions, streams, utility classes, threads, GUI (with a concentration on Swing), and file processing. In addition, Horton covers all the important new features of the 1.4 release including more than 100 pages on XML. Each chapter builds upon the previous chapter using extensive, well designed and clearly explained examples. Although the book covers a wide range of topics, it does not treat any of them lightly. Many introductory books fall short in the very important topic of object oriented technique. Horton does an excellent job of both explaining OO and then using it in his many examples. Unlike other books that you may read and discard, this is a book that will continue to provide help far into your Java career.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 9 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews An excellent book for beginners. This is a good book to use after reading Jacquie Barker's excellent Introduction to Java Objects (also by Wrox). Read more Published on 4 Jul 2003 by philbrowne A massive book covering an even more massive subject Ivor Horton’s beginning Java 2 (SDK 1.4) makes an excellent introductory text. It builds slowly through the basics of the language and gives plenty of opportunity to try out... Read more Published on 24 Jun 2003 by Mr. Mike Griffiths Wish I could give it 6 stars - Excellent Book If your new to Java and/or programming, then you have to get this book. There is no finer reference available anywhere. Read more Published on 30 May 2003 by mud_kicker