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Application Developers: Starting with Java

Murach's Java SE 6
By:Andrea Steelman
Four advantages of this book:

The first six chapters get you off to a fast start. By the time you complete these chapters, you'll be writing bulletproof, object-oriented applications with business classes and objects. These chapters work well for the complete beginner. But they also get the experienced developer up-to-speed fast.
The class summaries help you master the Java API and save you hours of research. Although most books present dozens of coding examples that illustrate the use of some Java classes, they don't try to summarize all of the classes, constructors, and methods that you'll use the most. Our book does both. For instance, to learn how to use the LinkedList class, you'll first see a summary of its primary constructors and methods. Then, you'll see coding examples that show you how you can apply those constructors and methods. This can save you hundreds of hours of research over the course of the book.
Chapters 7 and 8 show you how to use inheritance, interfaces, and polymorphism in a way that is both practical and understandable. You won't find any toy applications or cat and dog objects in these chapters. Instead, you'll study practical examples that show you how to use inheritance, polymorphism, interfaces, type-safe enumerations, and the factory pattern in business applications. This at last takes the mystery out of object-oriented programming. And we just haven't seen this done right in any other book.
The paired-pages format lets you set your own pace. Murach books have a distinctive format, where each two-page spread presents a single topic. Both beginning and experienced developers find that this format makes it easy to focus on the information they need, whether they're using the book for training or reference. To see how this works, you can download sample chapters for free from the Murach web site.

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By: Ivor Horton
A comprehensive introduction to the Java programming language, updated thoroughly for the latest SDK 1.5 release. This book shows readers how to build real-world Java applications using the Java SDK. No previous programming experience is required. The author uses numerous step-by-step programming examples to guide readers through the ins and outs of Java development. In addition to fully covering new features of SDK 1.5, such as generic types, the author has also added new chapters on Java database programming with JDBC and Java programming with XML.

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By: K. N. King
Puts basic Java development and object-oriented design into the hands of any computer-literate reader. Assuming no knowledge of computers -- except, of course, an aptitude for programming and a willingness to learn. Does a good job of presenting the basics of object-oriented design interms of both designing custom classes and taking advantage of existing Java classes, such asString, StringBuffer, and Vector objects.

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By: John R. Cowell
If you are new to Java or are an existing Java programmer who wants to switch to Visual J++, this book gives you all the essential information you need using lots of examples. Topics covered in this book include: the Java language, polymorphism, inheritance and encapsulation,graphics and animation, handling events, using files, exception handling, abstract windowing tool kit, the Java applet wizard and the resource wizards, debugging, and project management.

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By: R. Winder, Graham Roberts
Taking an object-oriented approach, the authors look at the ways in which aspects of the Java language contribute to the learning of Java programming techniques. They begin by considering the nature of programming, particularly with classes and objects. They then turn to such topics as the basic framework of a program, the development of libraries of Java software, and abstractions that can be used to construct applications.

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By: John C. Byrne, Jim Cross
Uses COBOL examples to teach object-oriented principles and Java’s syntax. Written for COBOL programmers transitioning to Java, the step-by-step examples show users how to convert COBOL’s structured programming into object-oriented concepts without assuming knowledge of C or C++. New chapters expand the treatment of Enterprise Java technologies, including Java Database Connectivity (JDBC), Servlets and Java Server Pages (JSP), and Enterprise Java Beans (EJB).

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By: E. Reed Doke, Bill C. Hardgrave
This book draws upon the numerous similarities between COBOL and Java to teach Java to professional COBOL programmers. The book is completely modular, allowing a reader to skip back and forth from one chapter to another, depending on his or her immediate needs. The authors make extensive use of program examples for both COBOL and Java.With each example, they present a COBOL program that performs a certain function, then they develop a Java program that accomplishes the same task. Also, a runing case studyis introduce early in the book, during the discussion of object-oriented concepts.

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