This is the second of a series of three books covering Java 2 1.2 and 1.3 in a very short number of pages. The book starts with chapters explaining the concepts in brief (with very few examples) and then the majority of the book is a reference guide to the libraries.
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Provides an overview of the important pieces of the Java Foundation Classes (JFC), such as ... more
the Swing components and Java 2D. The book includes compact reference material on all the GUI- and graphics-related classes in the numerous java.awt packages. Covers Java 1.2.
JFC is positioned between O'Reilly's Java In a Nutshell and JavaEnterprise titles. It's ... more
really two books in that the first seven chapters (to page 136) are entirely concerned with the graphics and graphical user interface APIs in Java 2. There are lots of examples, mainly using Swing, which augments AWT.Although it covers a lot of ground quickly, Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell does a good job of discussing the differences from Java 1.0and 1.2. It also explains a lot of the real world usage issues which arise when constructing Java interfaces.The majority of the book, however, is class references for the various Java 2 packages. Each chapter deals with one class, starting with an overview and heirarchy diagram. The references are arranged alphabetically by class and package, so you need to know the package the class is in to find it quickly.This reviewer finds the layout and typography of O'Reilly's reference sections difficult to read with so much of the rather small text being embedded in dark grey. It doesn't photocopy well either. However, it does the job as a complete reference. --Steve Patient
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JFC is positioned between O'Reilly'sJava In a NutshellandJavaEnterprisetitles. It's ... more
really two books in that the first seven chapters (to page 136) are entirely concerned with the graphics and graphical user interface APIs in Java 2. There are lots of examples, mainly using Swing, which augments AWT.Although it covers a lot of ground quickly,Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshelldoes a good job of discussing the differences from Java 1.0and 1.2. It also explains a lot of the real world usage issues which arise when constructing Java interfaces.The majority of the book, however, is class references for the various Java 2 packages. Each chapter deals with one class, starting with an overview and heirarchy diagram. The references are arranged alphabetically by class and package, so you need to know the package the class is in to find it quickly.This reviewer finds the layout and typography of O'Reilly's reference sections difficult to read with so much of the rather small text being embedded in dark grey. It doesn't photocopy well either. However, it does the job as a complete reference. --Steve Patient
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Advantages: Good reference Disadvantages: Lacks examples
...series of three books covering Java 2 1.2 and 1.3 in a very short number of pages. The book starts with chapters explaining the concepts in brief (with very few examples) and then the majority of the book is a reference guide to the libraries.
Contents are Swing, AWT, Java 2D, printing, data transfer, and applets. It assumes you know the basics and want to move on to develop GUIs. I had trouble with this one and had to use another book as ... ...of reference.
As with Java in a Nutshell though, those kind people at O’Reilly have put every example from every Java book on the website, so you can get the examples from the O'Reilly Java 2D book as well as the Java Examples in a Nutshell and work out what’s going on and how it’s done. See http://java.oreilly.com/ for details.
See also:
Java in a Nutshell
Java Enterprise in a Nutshell
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This is the second of a series of three books covering Java 2 1.2 and 1.3 in a very short number of pages. The book starts with chapters explaining the concepts in brief (with very few examples) and then the majority of the book is a reference guide to the libraries. Contents are Swing, AWT, Java 2D, printing, data transfer, and applets. It assumes you know the basics and want to move on to develop GUIs. I had trouble with this one and had to use another book as well to get anything to work. 136 pages of JFC, 552 pages of reference. As with Java in a Nutshell though, those kind people at O’Reilly have put every example from every Java book on the website, so you can get the examples from the O'Reilly Java 2D book as well as the Java Examples in a Nutshell and work out what’s going on and how it’s done. See http://java.oreilly.com/ for details. See also:
Java in a Nutshell Java Enterprise in a Nutshell
Both by David Flanagan, the last one being co-authored by Jim Farley, William Crawford and Kris Magnusson.
See my review of Java in a Nutshell for comments on the Java Enterprise CD Bookshelf.
To round off, having read the first book, I found this one to be a fairly useful introduction to the JFC and would recommend it purely for the reference section. To learn about Swing properly, follow Sun's excellent free Java Swing trail at: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/. As previously, Flanagan writes in a clear and concise way, and as far as I can tell, is technically correct.
people at O’Reilly have put every example from every Java book on the website, so even if you haven’t bought the Examples book, you can still get the source and work out what’s going on and how it’s done. See http://java.oreilly.com/ for details.
See also:
JavaFoundationClassesin a NutshellJava Enterprise in a Nutshell
Both by David Flanagan, the last one being co-authored by Jim Farley, William Crawford and Kris Magnusson.
If you’re planning to get all three then it would be well worth investing in the Java Enterprise CD Bookshelf. As O’Reilly say:
‘The Java Enterprise CD Bookshelf contains a powerhouse of books from O'Reilly: both electronic and print versions of Java Enterprise in a Nutshell, plus electronic versions of Javain a Nutshell, 3rd Edition; JavaFoundationClassesin ...
Advantages: Very good introduction / reference Disadvantages: Lacks examples
most books to be the same.
As with Javain a Nutshell though, those kind people at O’Reilly have put every example from every Java book on the website, so you can get the examples from the O'Reilly Java 2D book as well as the Java Examples in a Nutshell and work out what’s going on and how it’s done. See http://java.oreilly.com/ for details.
See also:
JavaFoundationClassesin a NutshellJava Enterprise in a Nutshell
Both by David Flanagan.
See my review of Javain a Nutshell for comments on the Java Enterprise CD Bookshelf.
To round off, I found this one to be a very useful introduction to the technologies and how they can be integrated in an enterprise environment. I would definitely recommend it as an introduction/reference. To be at the stage where you could create and deploy your own EJB-based solution ...
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