Beginning Java 2, SDK 1.4 Edition

What is this book about? The Java language has been growing from strength to strengthsince its inception in 1995. It has since proved to be bothpowerful and extraordinarily easy to learn and use. This is whatmakes it ideal for the beginner. With dramatic changes to thehandling of files, and the introduction of native support for XML,Java has been updated to work faster and to be current with theincredible rise of XML as a medium for communicating data. This edition of the Beginning Java books outlines everything thebeginning programmer needs to know to program with the Javaprogramming language and the 1.4 Java Developer Kit (JDK). With therelease of JDK 1.4, programmers can look forward to the most stableedition yet, and even better performance than was availablepreviously. Over the course of the book, you will build an exampleapplication called Sketcher -- a simple drawing tool --that teaches you how to build an interactive user interface withJava, how to save and open files, how to use color, and how torespond to user input. What does this book cover? * Teaches the Java language from scratch * Object-oriented Programming in Java * Handling errors and exceptions in applications * Manipulating data and files * Concurrent programming and threads * A comprehensive introduction to Swing, the graphical userinterface API for Java * Printing in Java * An introduction to XML Who is this book for? Ivor's inimitable style has proved to be a hit with nearly halfa million people with its easy to learn approach and the manyuseful examples. Regularly voted the most popular Java programmingbook, this book teaches Java from scratch and assumes no previousknowledge. It is also suitable for those who have got someprogramming experience, especially C or C++, which will makelearning easier.