Networking & Cloud Computing, Programming, Software, Java, Programming Languages 

The Deitels' best-selling introductory Java book has been fully revised and updated to Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) 1.4. Like every How to Program book, "Java How to Program, Fifth Edition" features the Deitels' signature "LIVE-CODE" ? approach to teaching programming languages with thousands of lines of live code, explained with exceptional clarity by the renowned programming trainers at Deitel and Associates. The Deitels cover all facets of the Java language, including object-orientation, multithreading, exception handling, the Java event programming model, GUI with Swing and AWT, graphics, and much more. You'll also find a set of core design patterns that are integrated throughout the text along with all new coverage of JDBC, SQL, n-tier, Web-application development with servlets and JSP, plus an introduction to XML processing with the Java XML library. The book also provides an optional, start-to-finish case study introducing Java object-oriented analysis and design with UML. It contains hundreds of tips, recommended practices and cautions (all marked with icons) for writing code that is portable, reusable and optimized for performance. For all beginning programmers -- and developers experienced with traditional languages -- who want to master Java quickly. - from Amzon