Java Programmers Reference

by Grant Palmer

Java is a platform-netural, Object-Oriented programming language which provides a large number of predefined library classes which greatly simplify common programming tasks. This book is a quick... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861004222
• ISBN13: 9781861004222
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Wrox Press
• Length: 1227 Pages
• Weight: 3.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Great Reference book

This book by Grant Palmer is by far very VERY useful...i repeat...VERY useful if you can't figure out how to work with a specific class. The short examples give a good idea on how to implement something. It makes understanding things much easier since he has code and what the program will execute and what the output will be.He goes through the very basics, such as access modifiers and variable sizes, etc. He moves from the standard packages and moves gradually to file IO, then towards the AWT/Swing packages.The author isn't able to demonstrate ALL of the classes but by far, he covers close to 100% of what are mostly used in real-world applications. It is by far, one of the best reference manuals that I know of.Keep in mind his title: Programmer's REFERENCE.The way I see it, he fulfilled the book's purpose and definitley deserves those 5 stars.

The book is an Express Reference.

The book could be used by a beginner too. I was forced to use Java to develop a simple network program and I was a total beginner (first time) to Java. With this book as my main reference, it helped me most of the way in my program. The examples for window programming javax.swing package were great. The book help me to understand Java too. I suggest that first time programmer to Java should have this book.

A Valuable Resource

This book sits on my desk and I use it all the time. I looked at "Java in a Nutshell" but now you have to buy three books. This book covers JDK 1.3, the javax.swing package, and has hundreds of short examples. The java.io package examples are especially good. The book also has a very good chapter on Java Beans. The index is outstanding. It is 60 pages long and is divided into two parts, a general index and one for classes. Because its only one book, it doesn't cover everything in the J2SE JDK 1.3, but as a reference book that covers the core Java it's great

Great Java Reference

This is the best Java reference book on the market today. It's not perfect, but it's closer than any other Java reference out there. I like the way the information is presented in a structured manner. Classes and methods of a certain type are grouped and explained together. The book is very readable and gives a lot of helpful hints to avoid gotchas that aren't usually explained by reference books. The examples are great and there are lots of them. A lot of times when I'm stuck I won't even have to read the text. I can just look at the appropriate example and it tells me what I need to know. This book is not for neophyte Java programmer's. It doesn't spend a lot of time on object oriented theory or other real basic stuff, but for intermediate or advanced programmer's it's great.

Great Reference

This is a great reference for anyone using Java on a day to day basis. I am quite an experienced programmer, but my Java knowledge is still developing. It is great to find a reference book that suits my capability such as this.I would recommend it to any Java programmer.