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Overview

Revised and updated edition of the leading Java tutorial for beginners with no previous programming experience. The book's short, simple one-hour chapters are easy to understand and they carefully step the reader through the fundamentals of Java programming. This edition has been updated to cover the new Java SDK version 1.3. Readers love this book—they say it explains Java better than any other book they've seen, and that it's very clear, well-written, and interesting to read. They even appreciate the author's somewhat unique sense of humor.

Teaches Java first as a programming language—short, simple, one-hour chapters are ideal for the beginner.

Revised and updated to cover the new SDK 1.3, and to reflect contemporary Java programming needs.

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Library Journal
Cadenhead's Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours is a definite beginner's book, a self-tutorial in 24 one-hour chapters. The guides on networking, Threads (the ability of Java to multitask by allowing for multiple processes and actions at the same time), and Swing (a powerful Java interface package for visual design) are for advanced Java programmers but will fit well within most libraries. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
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Cadenhead (a programmer and writer) writes clearly and with great wit, as though he were interacting with a college pal, making this primer on Java 2 an enjoyable read. The goal is to teach programming to anyone with rudimentary computer skills, described as those who can produce a decent resume, or design a web page. The chapters, designed to take an hour each, lead the reader through the basics of programming, the use of graphical user interface, interactive web programs, and creating multimedia programs using color, sound, and animation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780672330766
  • Publisher: Sams
  • Publication date: 11/8/2009
  • Edition number: 5
  • Pages: 419
  • Sales rank: 535,325
  • Series: Sams Teach Yourself Series
  • Product dimensions: 7.40 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 1.10 (d)

Meet the Author

Rogers Cadenhead, is a writer, computer programmer, and Web developer who has written 21 books on Java and Internet-related topics. Rogers maintains Cruel Site of the Day and several other popular web sites that receive more than seven million visits a year.

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Chapter 1: Becoming a Programmer

Computer programming is insanely difficult. It requires a four-year degree in computer science, thousands of dollars in computer hardware and software, a keen analytical intellect, the patience of Job, and a strong liking for caffeinated drinks. If you're a programming novice, this is probably what you've heard about computer programming. Aside from the part about caffeine, all of the rumors are greatly exaggerated.

Programming is a lot easier than most people think, although there are several reasons why you might believe otherwise:

  • Computer programmers have been telling people for years that programming is hard. This belief makes it easier for us to find highpaying jobs (or so I've heard) and gives us more leeway to goof off during business hours.
  • Computer programming manuals are often written in a language that only a Scrabble player could appreciate. Strange acronyms like OOP, RAD, COM, and MUMPS are used frequently along with newly invented jargon like instantiation, bytecode, and makefile.
  • Many computer programming languages have been available only with software packages costing $200 or more, which is a lot of cabbage.

Because of the growth of the Internet and other factors, this is a great time to learn programming. Useful programming tools are being made available at low cost (or no cost), often as downloads from World Wide Web sites. Thousands of programmers are distributing their work under "open source" licenses so people can examine how the programs were written, correct errors, and add their own improvements.

The goal of this book is to teach programming to the person who hasnever tried to program before, or the person who tried programming but hated it with an intense passion. The English language will be used as much as possible instead of jargon and obscure acronyms, and all new programming terms will be thoroughly explained as they are introduced.

If I've succeeded, you will finish Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours with enough programming skill to be a danger to yourself and others. You'll be able to write programs, dive into other programming books with more confidence, and learn programming languages more easily. You also will have developed skills with Java, the most exciting programming language to be introduced in a decade.

The first hour of this book provides some introductory material about programming and gives you instructions on how to set up your computer so you can write Java programs. The following topics will be covered:

  • Choosing which programming language to learn first
  • What Java is
  • Using programs to boss your computer around
  • How programs work
  • How program errors (called hugs) are fixed
  • Acquiring the free Java 2 Software Development Kit
  • Installing the Kit
  • Getting ready to write programs

Choosing a Language

As you might have surmised at this point, computer programming is not as hard as it's cracked up to be. If you're comfortable enough with a computer to create a nice-looking resume, balance a checkbook with software such as Intuit Quicken, or create your own home page on the Web, you can write programs.

The key to learning how to program is to start with the right language. The programming language you choose often depends on the tasks you want the computer to accomplish...

Table of Contents

Part I: Getting Started
1: Becoming a Programmer
2: Writing Your First Program
3: Vacationing in Java
4: Understanding How Java Programs Work

Part II: Learning the Basics of Programming
5: Storing and Changing Information in a Program
6: Using Strings to Communicate
7: Using Conditional Tests to Make Decisions
8: Repeating an Action with Loops

Part III: Working with Information in New Ways
9: Storing Information with Arrays
10: Creating Your First Object
11: Describing What Your Object is Like
12: Making the Most of Existing Objects

Part IV: Programming a Graphical User Interface
13: Building a Simple User Interface
14: Laying Out a User Interface
15: Responding to User Input
16: Building a Complex User Interface

Part V: Moving into Advanced Topics
17: Creating Interactive Web Programs
18: Handling Errors in a Program
19: Creating a Threaded Program
20: Reading and Writing Files

Part VI: Writing Internet Applications
21: Reading and Writing XML Data
22: Creating Web Services with JAX-WS
23: Working with Graphics
24: Creating a Facebook Application

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  • Posted July 13, 2010

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    Very good to excellent, but . . .

    I recommend this book. I bought it to supplement a college textbook (the third edition, 2010, of Elizabeth Sugar Boese's inadequate "An Introduction to Programming with Java Applets," which focuses on the wrong things). I was not disappointed -- I soon began using the Sam's book instead of the textbook, because:
    1. Most of it is written clearly and concisely.
    2. It is better organized, because, for one thing, it introduces variables -- the heart and soul of all programming -- earlier than the Boese book does. As a programmer with 25 years' experience, I hereby assure you that variables should always be in Chapter One of all programming books, regardless of programming language, and especially in a language like Java that has so many different types of variables.
    3. It focuses on other things in addition to just GUI programming (the Boese book focuses exclusively on GUI to the detriment of other important concepts).
    4. It provides a link to a website from which one can download a program editor (NetBeans) superior to the one my college asked us to use.
    5. I like the author's sense of humor.
    This book is not without problems:
    1. Chapters 10 through 12 seem to have been written by someone else, someone not interested in explaining anything, someone who seems to have forgotten that one must DEFINE a new word before one can use it in a sentence, and that said definition must be written in clear, understandable language, and must be accompanied by clear examples. Chapters 10 through 12 use one undefined term after another, over and over again, in sentence after sentence, until the whole chapter deteriorates into an incomprehensible mess. Then, surprisingly, subsequent chapters that use the concepts so poorly presented in chapters 10 through 12 are perfectly understandable again. As I said, it is as though chapters 10 through 12 were written by someone else.
    2. There should be a readily-accessible chart, for example in an appendix, that shows all types of variables Java uses (at least, as of the date of the writing of the book), what type of data each can contain, and, most importantly, HOW MUCH data each can contain, that is the number of digits, or minimum and maximum numerical values, each numeric variable can hold. This fundamental, elementary piece of information is critically important, and so should not be hidden in the middle of a chapter!
    Even so, my bottom line remains that, despite its flaws, this book is superior to the others I've seen, even "Java for Dummies," and I recommend it.

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted March 7, 2011

    Source Code Mangled Can't Be Read in Most Examples

    Most examples from Ch1-8 have mangled text in the source code of the examples. Caveat Emptor if you are considering using the Nook edition, you will have to download the source from the author's personal web site, because the source code from the nookBook edition is nearly impossible to get to run. Examples are missing semicolons, missing braces, mismatched single and double quotes, along with text that is mangled. I highly recommend you purchase the text book version. I've emailed the author with no response. This nookBook appears to be missing a quality control step for the source code.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 23, 2011

    Way overpriced!!!

    Bought a nookcolor so I could start purchasing my books electronically. Am finding that you have to be carefull because the kindle version of some of these epubs are 1/2 the price as they are for nook. Barnes & Noble should start paying attention to this as this will for sure KILL the nook / nookcolor for technology professionals when they can pay 1/2 the price somewhere else for the EXACT same epub.

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  • Posted December 24, 2010

    GREAT for just learning Java

    First, this book was the first book that actually HELPED me LEARN Java, not like the others I read that just made me curious to the language. The first half or so of the book is oriented around getting the basics of the language down, and defining some of the major parts of Java(classes, methods, etc.), then the rest builds on that, and focuses largely on the GUI(Graphic User Interface-Buttons, textboxes, etc.) aspects of it. I would HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone wanting to get their feet wet in Java.

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  • Posted August 18, 2010

    Great for beginers

    Great for beginers. Easy to folow. Learn how to use java quickly.

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