Lemay, Laura. Teach yourself Java in 21 days / [electronic resource] Teach yourself Java in twenty-one days / Laura Lemay, Charles L. Perkins.. — Indianapolis, Ind. : : Sams. net,, c1996.. — xxiv, 527 p. : : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 computer laser optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
Includes index.
Contents: Week 1 at a glance. An introduction to Java programming -- Object-oriented programming and Java -- Java basics -- Working with objects -- Arrays, conditionals, and loops -- Creating classes and applications in Java -- More about methods -- Week 2 at a glance. Java Applet basics -- Graphics, fonts, and color -- Simple animation and threads -- More animation, images, and sound -- Managing simple events and interactivity -- User interfaces with the Java Abstract Windowing Toolkit -- Windows, networking, and other tidbits -- Week 3 at a glance. Modifiers -- Packages and interfaces -- Exceptions -- Multithreading -- Streams -- Native methods and libraries -- Under the hood -- Appendix A. Language summary -- Appendix B. Class hierarchy diagrams.Contents (cont.): Appendix C. The Java Class Library -- Appendix D. How Java differs from C and C++.e