Eight minibooks consists of nearly 900 pages give developers the tips and techniques they need to get up and running on the new J2SE 6 (Java Standard Edition 6) and JDK 6 (Java Development Kit 6) This friendly, all-inclusive reference gives the lowdown on Java language and syntax fundamentals as well as server-side Java programming, with explanations, reference information, and how-to instructions for both beginning and intermediate-to-advanced Java programmer Minibooks cover the floor; the basics of programming, strings, arrays, and collections; programming techniques, Swing, Web programming, files and databases; and fun and games