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Title: The Java(TM) Developers Almanac 1.4, Volume 1: Examples and Quick Reference (4th Edition) by Patrick Chan ISBN: 0-201-75280-8 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 25 March, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.04 (28 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Much better and faster then browsing the online material
Comment: 1) See the title .. All info you ever need about API structure, classes, details .. in your hand and not in 100 IE bookmarks.
2) I have to deal with class files on the bytecodes level and didn't expect this book to be much useful for me - suprise !!! It has an excellent table "Class File Format" ( I had to built one such for myself long time ago ) and some others regarding bytecodes issues - very nice and comfortable. It's only ~5 hours I own this book but already pulled it 5 times from the shelf. So, it's not a question of "buy or not" - buy !
3) We all enjoyed reading this in preface : "There was a time, not long ago, when I intimately knew all of the Java class libraries .. ( of course, it helped me that I was on of the original developers :-) But aside from the occasional inability to remember which argument of Vector.insertElementAt() is the index, I rarely had to refer to any reference documentation .."
Thank you, Patrick !
Rating: 5
Summary: An impressive achievement
Comment: This book condenses the vastness of Java 1.4 GUI classes into a hefty 1000+ pages. It's divided into 4 sections. Part 1 contains examples of usage of the different classes, with a focus on how to accomplish something specific, from creating a JLabel component to playing MIDI audio. Part 2 contains detailed information about the classes themselves, and contains references to code examples from Part 1 to see how the class is used in code. This is essentially the documentation that SUN's website provides, but in my view, it's more condensed and the references to code are a bonus.
Part 3 contains topics on the transition of Java from 1.0 to its current incarnation, detailing deprecated classes, new classes, etc. Part 4 is the cross-reference section, where if you know the name of the method, but not the class that contains that method, you can simply look it up. There's much more than just methods, though; subclasses, descendants, fields, and "extended by"'s are also some of the details here.
This book is quite an impressive achievement, and I hope to get my hands on Volume 1 sometime soon.
Rating: 5
Summary: Essential Java Reference
Comment: I picked this book up a couple months ago and can't imagine how I got along without it before. The first section includes simple examples of common uses of the java packages. I find this extremely useful. There are realms in Java where the intricacies often slip my mind, particularly in java.io, and the small examples of these packages shown in section 1 serve as a perfect reminder of how exactly to accomplish my task.
Section 2 is the meat of the book and includes a reference to the classes and their members. This is similar to the online API, but lacking the descriptions for the methods / classes. This is strictly a quick reference of the methods, their arguments, return types and modifiers, and the variables belonging to a class. For a description of every method, use the online API. Personally though, I find this reference quicker to use than the online API when searching for a particular class. It probably comes down to personal preference, though.
Sections 3 and 4 I honestly haven't found a need for. The first two sections alone are worth the (relatively) [inexpensive] price of the book.
For reference, my qualifications include Sun Java Programmer Certification 1.4 (Passed with an 86%), Graduated Magna Cum Laude from UMass Dartmouth with a Computer Science degree.
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Title: The Java(TM) Class Libraries Poster (7th Edition) by Patrick Chan, Rosanna Lee ISBN: 0321118871 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 14 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Effective Java Programming Language Guide by Joshua Bloch ISBN: 0201310058 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 05 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Java Cookbook by Ian F. Darwin ISBN: 0596001703 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: Java in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition by David Flanagan ISBN: 0596002831 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: The Java Class Libraries, Volume 1: java.io, java.lang, java.math, java.net, java.text, java.util (2nd Edition) by Patrick Chan, Rosanna Lee, Douglas Kramer ISBN: 0201310023 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Pub. Date: 09 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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