Shortness-full of examples and tips, this one-stop source for learning Java will meet the needs of beginning or intermediate Java developer. This guide, a large comprehensive to Java, weighing in at more than 1,100 pages, is dedicated to the principle that even more. Starting with basic Java syntax and keywords, the basics of Java is checked in the basics of the tour as well as any that may be available - in this case mentions important design principles of object-oriented early without trapped in jargon. Part of the built-in core Java classes for string, yarn, and the collection (based on the new collection classes from Java 2 and so on) to help build the fundamental skills of Java. This book does a good job of exploring the design and graphical user interface under both the old Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) and Swing new class. For advanced developers, the closing at a strong Java support for reflection (which allows the code to "check" Java classes at run time and dynamic method calls) round out this tour could -. Richard Dragan Topics covered: Introduction to object-oriented programming and the Unified Modeling Language (UML), Java as a programming language A basic "Hello, World" program in-depth Java language basic tutorial (including data types, operators, expressions, and flow control statements) Basic design class Java (variables and methods, inner classes, and packages), String and text processing interface Java JDK 1.0 and JDK 1.2 collection classes Java threads and synchronization techniques Java Foundation Classes (JFC) basic user interface programming Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) and Swing The JFC Accessibility APIs AWT and Java 2D graphics tutorial Drag-and-drop and clipboard programming with JFC Introduction to Java Media Framework API (JMF), Java I / O with file streams and serialization of Java objects basics network (using TCP / IP and socket, UDP, and the handling of URLs) Java internationalization and local JAR file support (deployment and safety) Beginning and advanced database programming with JDBC 2.0 Reflection and inspection class Working with JavaBeans for custom UI components to prepare the Sun JDK Reference Guide to the Java HotSpot compiler Sun JDK tools 1.3 and increased performance