I wonder if they mean nut-shell or nuts-hell? Either way, here's the first 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 ... Read review
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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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...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 an introduction to the syntax, the platform and Java OO perculiarities, security and beans. Be under no mistake, this book is an introduction to Java, not an introduction to programming, ... ...titles suggest). 236 pages of Java introduction, 347 pages of reference, £18.95 from BOL.
To get the most out of it, you may need Java Examples in a Nutshell, by the same author, I think this may be out of print now though. Luckily though, those kind 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 ... more
I wonder if they mean nut-shell or nuts-hell? Either way, here's the first 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 an introduction to the syntax, the platform and Java OO perculiarities, security and beans. Be under no mistake, this book is an introduction to Java, not an introduction to programming, it is aimed at people who want to grasp the theories quickly (as the titles suggest). 236 pages of Java introduction, 347 pages of reference, £18.95 from BOL. To get the most out of it, you may need Java Examples in a Nutshell, by the same author, I think this may be out of print now though. Luckily though, those kind 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:
Java Foundation Classes 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.
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 Java in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition; Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell; Enterprise JavaBeans, 2nd Edition; Java Servlet Programming; Java Security; and Java Distributed Computing. Never has it been easier to learn, or look up, what you need to know online. Formatted in HTML, The Java Enterprise CD Bookshelf can be read using any Web browser. The books are fully searchable and cross-referenced. In addition to individual indexes for each book, a master index for the entire library is provided.’ BOL are currently selling this for a bargain price of £57.56, that’s around 8 quid per book! To round off, coming from a C++ background, I found this book to be a very useful introduction to Java and would definitely recommend it. Flanagan writes in a clear and concise way, and as far as I can tell, is technically correct.
andy-T 22.02.2001 (22.02.2001)
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Advantages: Good Reference Tool for the commercial programmer Disadvantages: Really poor teaching tool
...my final student grant on Java books to try to pass the JDK element of my course. This is by far the most unhelpful book of the 6 that I have bought.
This is yet another one of those programming books that assumes, not just a little C++ knowledge, but that you are equivalent to the leading C++ gurus.
Also don't buy this book if you expect it to teach you programming skills or explore the methodologies of O-O design & implementation, because it ... ...Java developers in mind, I imagine it may be an incredibly useful addition to a commercial developers library; as it would be a good reference tool when trying to use a new Java class.
In a nutshell, if you excuse the pun, this book was no use at all to me when trying to pick up what is, essentially, an easy programming language and served only to confuse me further.
If you were a pro developer then you would have to form your own opinion, as I ...
Gary_Jones 21.12.2000
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Advantages: The best desktop Java companion avalble Disadvantages: Due to the size of Java, the book has been slit over several publications
The book is THE required Java reference. Originally pointed toward the series by a college lecturer, it immediately became an irreplaceable handbook, allowing me to become competent in Java in less than a day. Owners of previous versions of the book could do worse than pick up this update. For these new to Java, the updated introduction to Java chapters is concise and informative, providing one of the best tutorials available. Although, due to the ...
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