Java Jumpstart: A Beginner's Guide to Internet Programming (Bk/CD)

By John Muster

Book Overview

Written as a tutorial, this book teaches the basics of Java. It takes a spiral approach to presenting Java, beginning with easy to understand concepts and then working up to more difficult programming techniques. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072226951
• ISBN13: 9780072226959
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 3.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

An interesting history of JAVA

Java Jumpstart provides a good background into how this languauge works with so many different OSes. It also gives some insight into the creation of the Virtual Machine, and how Java is related to programing in C++. This book is a great start into a new programing language for those who understand basic programing concepts. If necessary, use the CD-ROM enclosed to view the applets created in this book to help you further...

Partial review of "Jump Start"

This was recommended to me as an introductory book. But, like most of the others I've bought, it soon broke the rules. A concepts is clearly explained, then an example buries you in advanced material that is not even introduced, let alone explained. However, one can see this is an original book with many interesting perspectives and examples, and I mean to return to it once I've really mastered the basics of OOP and Java...