Using Java 1.2

Table of contents

Introduction

Part I Getting Started

Chapter 1: What Is Java, and Why Is It Important?

Chapter 2: A Tour of the Java World

Chapter 3: Getting Started Fast

Part II The Java Language

Chapter 4: Understanding Java Data Types and Operators

Chapter 5: Using Branches and Loops

Part III Thinking in Objects

Chapter 6: Methods: Adding Code to Your Objects

Chapter 7: Object-Oriented Analysis: A New Way of Looking at Software

Chapter 8: Object-Oriented Design and Programming

Part IV Beyond the Basics

Chapter 9: Increasing Program Sophistication by Using Interfaces

Chapter 10: Simplifying Code with Exceptions

Part V Building a User Interface

Chapter 11: Building the User Interface with the AWT

Chapter 12: Building the User Interface with JFC Swing Components

Chapter 13: Designing for a JFC Interface

Chapter 14: Advanced User Interface Design with the JFC

Part VI Completing the Project

Chapter 15: Understanding Packages

Chapter 16: Testing and Debugging Java Code

Chapter 17: Concurrent Programming with Threads

Chapter 18: Communicating in Java: Streams and Sockets

Part VII Building Beans

Chapter 19: Building Components with JavaBeans

Chapter 20: Designing Good Beans

Part VIII Advanced Java

Chapter 21: Using the Java Database Connectivity Package

Chapter 22: Improving Your Java Program's Performance

Chapter 23: Making and Using Java Archives

Chapter 24: Organizing and Reusing Your Code

Appendix A: Introduction to Programming

Appendix B: Java for C++ Programmers

Appendix C: Java Resources

Appendix D: Java Language Reference

Appendix E: Building Java Applets in an IDE

Appendix F: Glossary

Index