Java All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

Doug Lowe has been writing computer programming books since the guys who invented Java were still in high school. He's written books on COBOL, Fortran, Visual Basic, for IBM mainframe computers, mid--range systems, PCs, Web programming, and probably a few he's forgotten about. He's the author of more than 30 For Dummies books, such as Networking For Dummies (7th Edition), Networking For Dummies All--in--One Desk Reference, PowerPoint 2003 For Dummies, and Internet Explorer 6 For Dummies. He lives in that sunny All--American City Fresno, California, where the motto is, "It's a sunny, All--American City," with his wife and the youngest of his three daughters. He's also one of those obsessive--compulsive decorating nuts who puts up tens of thousands of lights at Christmas and creates computer--controlled Halloween decorations that rival Disney's Haunted Mansion. Maybe his next book should be Tacky Holiday Decorations For Dummies.

Introduction. Book I: Java Basics. Chapter 1: Welcome to Java. Chapter 2: Installing and Using Java Tools. Chapter 3: Working with TextPad. Chapter 4: Using Eclipse. Book II: Programming Basics. Chapter 1: Java Programming Basics. Chapter 2: Working with Variables and Data Types. Chapter 3: Working with Numbers and Expressions. Chapter 4: Making Choices. Chapter 5: Going Around in Circles (Or, Using Loops). Chapter 6: Pulling a Switcheroo. Chapter 7: Adding Some Methods to Your Madness. Chapter 8: Handling Exceptions. Book III: Object--Oriented Programming. Chapter 1: Understanding Object--Oriented Programming. Chapter 2: Making Your Own Classes. Chapter 3: Working with Statics. Chapter 4: Using Subclasses and Inheritance. Chapter 5: Using Abstract Classes and Interfaces. Chapter 6: Using the Object and Class Classes. Chapter 7: Using Inner Classes. Chapter 8: Packaging and Documenting Your Classes. Book IV: Strings, Arrays, and Collections. Chapter 1: Working with Strings. Chapter 2: Using Arrays. Chapter 3: Using the ArrayList Class. Chapter 4: Using the LinkedList Class. Chapter 5: Creating Generic Collection Classes. Book V: Programming Techniques. Chapter 1: Programming Threads. Chapter 2: Network Programming. Chapter 3: Using Regular Expressions. Chapter 4: Using Recursion. Book VI: Swing. Chapter 1: Swinging into Swing. Chapter 2: Handling Events. Chapter 3: Getting Input from the User. Chapter 4: Choosing from a List. Chapter 5: Using Layout Managers. Book VII: Web Programming. Chapter 1: Creating Applets. Chapter 2: Creating Servlets. Chapter 3: Using Java Server Pages. Chapter 4: Using JavaBeans. Book VIII: Files and Databases. Chapter 1: Working with Files. Chapter 2: Using File Streams. Chapter 3: Database for $100, Please. Chapter 4: Using JDBC to Connect to a Database. Chapter 5: Working with XML. Book IX: Fun and Games. Chapter 1: Fun with Fonts and Colors. Chapter 2: Drawing Shapes. Chapter 3: Using Images and Sound. Chapter 4: Animation and Game Programming. Index.;