Monday, 4 August 2014

Head First Java

    


     

     This is the coolest book on Java I ever read. Reading this book is like you are on holiday and are enjoy a destination called Java. This book contains many images that explain concepts of Java just perfectly. All the concepts are explained in very understandable way with many real time examples.

     This book is just very perfect for the beginners in Java. I would not recommend this book for experts in Java for reference. But to understand the concepts of Java this is the best book.
The following is the chapter division of this book.

Introduction 
I Breaking the Surface: a quick dip 
2 A Trip to Objectville: yes there will be Object 
3 Know Your Variables: primitives and references 
4 How Objects Behave: object state affects method &Junior 
5 Extra-Strength Methods: flow control operations, and more 
6 Using the Java Library: so you don't have to write it all yourself 
7 Better Living in Objectville: planning for the future 
8 Serious Polymorphism: exploiting abstract Classes and interfaces 
9 Life and Death of an Object: constructors and memory management 
10 Numbers Matter: math, formatting, wrappers; and statics 
11 Risky Behavior: exception handing' 
12 A Very Graphic Story: intro to GUI, event handling, and inner classes 
13, Work on Your Swing: layout managers to subcomponents 
14 Saving Object: serialization and I/0 
15 Make a Connection: networking sockets and multi-threading 
16 Data Structures: collections and genetics 
17 Release Your Code: packaging and deployment 
18 Distributed Computing: RMI with a dash of serialize, EJE, and Jini 


BOOK DETAILS
Authored By Kathy Sierra
Publisher Shroff Publishers And Distributors Pvt.ltd
Edition 2nd

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Sunday, 3 August 2014

Java The Complete Reference 8th Edition







    I started learning Java from this book. It is this book that inspired me to learn Java. This book contains all fundamental principles of java, keywords, syntax for methods, class etc., which will be very helpful when writing programs. Book contains examples of programs with explanations for understanding of concepts.
The book has following chapters:  An Overview of Java, The History and Evolution of Java, Introducing Classes, Data Types, Variables, and Arrays, String Handling, Networking, Exploring NIO, Introducing the AWT: Working with Windows, Graphics, and Text, Java Beans, Servlets, and Financial Applets and Servlets.


Book Details
Publisher
Tata Mcgraw Hill Education Private Limited
Author
Herb Schildt
Edition
8th

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