Java: A Beginner's Guide, 4th Ed. - Softcover

Schildt, Herbert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072263849 ISBN 13: 9780072263848

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2006

Synopsis

Essential Skills--Made Easy!

Let master programmer and bestselling author Herbert Schildt teach you the fundamentals of Java programming. Updated for the newest version of Java (Java SE 6), this step-by-step guide will have you programming in Java right from the start. Herb begins by explaining why Java is the preeminent programming language of the Internet, how it relates to object-oriented programming (OOP), and the general form of a Java program. Then it's on to data types, operators, control statements, classes, objects, and methods. Next, you'll learn about inheritance, exception handling, the I/O system, and multithreading. More advanced topics such as generics, interfaces, applets, and enumerations are also covered. The book ends with an introduction to Swing, Java's powerful GUI toolkit. Start programming in Java today with help from this fast-paced, hands-on tutorial.

About this title

About the Author:

Herbert Schildt is a leading authority on Java, C, C++, and C#. His programming books have sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide and have been translated into all major foreign languages. Herb is the author of numerous bestsellers, including Java: The Complete Reference, The Art of Java, Swing: A Beginner's Guide, and many others.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0072263849
• ISBN 13: 9780072263848
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 696