Hands On Java

The language to know. The book gives you a great introduction to Sun's platform-independent Java programming language in easy-to-follow steps. The main focus is on Java applications, but the construction of applets is also covered. Start with simple console-based applications and work up to AWT and Swing GUI programs. No previous programming knowledge is required.

The text uses Sun's free-for-download Java Development Kit version 1.4.0.

• Start with simple Java applications and work your way up to much larger and more complex problems.
• Examine hundreds of complete programming examples.
• Create GUi applications.
• Produce Java applets for a web page.
• Learn by doing the frequent tasks and programming exercises which come with complete solutions.

In addition, it covers the basic concepts of:

• Software Design and Testing
• Basic Number Systems including Binary, Octal and Hexadecimal