Written for intermediate and experienced programmers, Java By Example presents the Java language through examples, developing Java applets and applications from simple to complex. The book describes the Java language vis-a-vis other popular programming languages with particular emphasis on how Java relates to C and C++. The CD-ROM includes all source code and applets discussed in the book and the Java Developer's Kit. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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If you're an experienced programmer, Java by Example is the quickest way to learn Java. By reviewing example code written by experts, you'll learn the right way to develop Java applets and applications that are elegant, readable, and easy to maintain. Step-by-step, working from examples, you'll learn valuable techniques for managing memory, I/O, multithreading, exception handling, and interfacing with C programs. The second edition adds extensive coverage of remote methods invocation (RMI), networking, and database access using the new Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API. The accompanying CD-ROM gives you all the book's sample code, plus the complete Java Development Kit for Solaris, Windows 95, Windows NT, and Macintosh, Java WorkShop from Sun Microsystems; and Symantec's Cafe Lite.