Sams - Teach Yourself Programming with Java in 24 Hours, Fourth Edition

• SAMS Teach Yourself Programming with Java in 24 Hours, FOURTH EDITION
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• About the Author
• Acknowledgments
• Reader Acknowledgements
• We Want to Hear from You!
• Reader Services
• Introduction
• Part I: Getting Started
  • Hour 1. Becoming a Programmer
    • Choosing a Language
    • Telling the Computer What to Do
    • How Programs Work
    • How Programs Don't Work
    • Next Stop: Java
    • Workshop: Installing a Java Development Tool
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
  • Hour 2. Writing Your First Program
    • What You Need to Write Programs
    • Creating the Saluton Program
    • Storing Information in a Variable
    • Saving the Finished Product
    • Compiling the Program into a Class File
    • Fixing Errors
    • Workshop: Running a Java Program
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
  • Hour 3. Vacationing in Java
    • First Stop: Sun Microsystems
    • Going to School with Java
    • Lunch in JavaWorld
    • Watching the Skies at NASA
    • Getting Down to Business
    • Stopping by Gamelan to Ask Directions
    • Workshop: Venturing into Another World
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
  • Hour 4. Understanding How Java Programs Work
    • Creating an Application
    • Sending Arguments to Applications
    • Applet Basics
    • Sending Parameters to Applets
    • Workshop: Viewing the Code Used to Run Applets
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
• Part II: Learning the Basics of Programming
  • Hour 5. Storing and Changing Information in a Program
    • Statements and Expressions
    • Assigning Variable Types
    • Naming Your Variables
    • Storing Information in Variables
    • Workshop: Using Expressions
    • All about Operators
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
  • Hour 6. Using Strings to Communicate
    • Storing Text in Strings
    • Displaying Strings in Programs
    • Using Special Characters in Strings
    • Pasting Strings Together
    • Using Other Variables with Strings
    • Advanced String Handling
    • Workshop: Presenting Credits
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
  • Hour 7. Using Conditional Tests to Make Decisions
    • Testing a Condition
    • if Statements
    • if-else Statements
    • switch Statements
    • The Conditional Operator
    • Workshop: Watching the Clock
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
  • Hour 8. Repeating an Action with Loops
    • for Loops
    • while Loops
    • do-while Loops
    • Exiting a Loop
    • Naming a Loop
    • Workshop: Teaching Your Computer a Lesson
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
• Part III: WORKING WITH INFORMATION IN NEW WAYS
  • Hour 9. Storing Information with Arrays
    • Creating Arrays
    • Using Arrays
    • Multidimensional Arrays
    • Sorting an Array
    • Workshop: Array of Prizes, Indeed
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
  • Hour 10. Creating Your First Object
    • How Object-Oriented Programming Works
    • Objects in Action
    • What Objects Are
    • Understanding Inheritance
    • Building an Inheritance Hierarchy
    • Converting Objects and Simple Variables
    • Workshop: Creating an Object
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
  • Hour 11. Describing What Your Object Is Like
    • Creating Variables
    • Creating Class Variables
    • Creating Behavior with Methods
    • Putting One Class inside Another
    • Using the this Keyword
    • Workshop: Using Class Methods and Variables
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
  • Hour 12. Making the Most of Existing Objects
    • The Power of Inheritance
    • Establishing Inheritance
    • Working with Existing Objects
    • Storing Objects of the Same Class in Vectors
    • Workshop: Creating a Subclass
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
• Part IV: Programming a Graphical User Interface
  • Hour 13. Building a Simple User Interface
    • Swing and the Abstract Windowing Toolkit
    • Using Components
    • Workshop: Creating Your Own Component
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
  • Hour 14. Laying Out a User Interface
    • Using Layout Managers
    • Workshop: Laying Out an Application
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
  • Hour 15. Responding to User Input
    • Getting Your Programs to Listen
    • Setting Up Components to Be Heard
    • Handling User Events
    • Workshop: A Little Lotto Madness
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
  • Hour 16. Building a Complex User Interface
    • Scroll Panes
    • Sliders
    • Change Listeners
    • Menus
    • Workshop: Using Image Icons and Toolbars
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
• Part V: Creating Multimedia Programs
  • Hour 17. Creating Interactive Web Programs
    • Standard Applet Methods
    • Putting an Applet on a Web Page
    • A Sample Applet
    • The Java Plug-in
    • Sending Parameters from a Web Page
    • Receiving Parameters in the Applet
    • Workshop: Handling Parameters in an Applet
    • Java Web Start
    • Using Java Web Start
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
  • Hour 18. Handling Errors in a Program
    • Exceptions
    • Assertions
    • Workshop: Throwing and Catching Exceptions
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
  • Hour 19. Creating a Threaded Program
    • Threads
    • Working with Threads
    • Starting with init()
    • Catching Errors as You Set Up URLs
    • Handling Screen Updates in the paint() Method
    • Starting the Thread
    • Handling Mouse Clicks
    • Workshop: Revolving Links
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
  • Hour 20. Reading and Writing Files
    • Streams
    • Writing Data to a Stream
    • Reading and Writing Configuration Properties
    • Workshop: Writing Bytes to an MP3 File
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
• Part VI: Creating Multimedia Programs
  • Hour 21. Reading and Writing XML Data
    • Creating an XML File
    • Reading an XML File
    • Workshop: Reading RSS Syndication Feeds
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
  • Hour 22. Using Fonts and Color
    • Using the Font Class
    • Using the Color Class
    • Other Ways to Choose Colors
    • Workshop: Displaying a Danger Message
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
  • Hour 23. Working with Graphics
    • Using Graphics
    • Drawing Lines and Shapes
    • Workshop: Baking a Pie Graph
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
  • Hour 24. Creating Animation
    • Animating a Sequence of Images
    • Sending Parameters to the Applet
    • Workshop: Follow the Bouncing Ball
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
• Part VII: Bonus...
  • Hour 25. Creating Web Services with XML-RPC
    • Working with Apache XML-RPC
    • Creating an XML-RPC Handler
    • Creating an XML-RPC Server
    • Creating an XML-RPC Client
    • Workshop: Enhancing the LottoMadness Application
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
• Part VIII: Appendixes
  • Appendix A. Using the Java Development Kit
    • Choosing a Java Development Tool
    • Configuring the Java Development Kit
    • Using a Text Editor
    • Creating a Sample Program
    • Setting Up the CLASSPATH Variable
  • Appendix B. Programming with the Java Development Kit
    • An Overview of the JDK
    • The java Interpreter
    • The javac Compiler
    • The appletviewer Browser
    • The javadoc Documentation Tool
    • The jar Java File Archival Tool
    • The jdb Debugger
    • Using System Properties
    • Summary
    • Q&A
  • Appendix C. Using the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment
    • Choosing a Java Development Tool
    • Creating a Sample Program
  • Appendix D. Where to Go from Here: Java Resources
    • Other Books to Consider
    • Sun's Official Java Site
    • Other Java Websites
    • Java Newsgroups
    • Internet Relay Chat
    • Job Opportunities
  • Appendix E. This Book's Website
• Sun Microsystems, Inc. Binary Code License Agreement
  • JAVA DEVELOPMENT TOOLS JAXP.JAR AND PARSER.JAR ARCHIVE FILES FROM JAVA API FOR XML PARSING, VERSION 1.0 SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS
  • JAVAHELP VERSION 2.0 SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS
  • JAVA DEVELOPMENT TOOLS JAVAC COMPILER SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS
  • JAVA INTERFACE CLASSES J2EE DEPLOYMENT SPECIFICATION INTERFACE CLASSES 1.1 SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS
  • JAVA 2, ENTERPRISE EDITION (J2EE) MANAGEMENT, VERSION 1.0 JAVA INTERFACE CLASSES SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS
  • JAVA INTERFACE CLASSES ENTERPRISE JAVABEANS, VERSION 2.0, INTERFACE CLASSES SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS
  • JAVA OPTIONAL PACKAGE JMX, VERSION 1.2 SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS
  • J2EEeditor.jar SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS
  • resolver-1_1_nb.jar Based on Sun's XML Resolver 1.0 Software License Agreement
• What's on the CD-ROM
  • Windows Installation Instructions
  • UNIX and UNIX-like Installation Instructions
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