The World's Most Recommended Java(TM) Tutorial -- Now Updated For Java 2, Web, And Enterprise Programming!

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Bruce Eckel's best-selling Java(TM) technology tutorial, Thinking in Java -- winner of prestigious awards last year from Software Development, JavaWorld, and Java Developer's Journal -- has just been thoroughly updated for Java 2.

In Thinking in Java, Second Edition, Bruce Eckel covers all the new Java 2 features that matter most, including Swing classes, collections, inner classes, servlets, JavaServer Pages(TM), Enterprise JavaBeans(TM), Jini(TM) technologies, and more. Eckel uses the trademarked approach that has helped thousands of developers learn Java and C already: bite-sized sections that can be understood quickly, presented one simple step at a time, with short, easily-mastered examples -- all organized so that every element builds on what's come before.

As always, Eckel doesn't just show developers what to do, but why. He introduces all the basics of objects as Java uses them; then walks carefully through the fundamentals of Java programming, including program flow, initialization and cleanup, implementation hiding, reusing classes and polymorphism. Using to-the-point examples, he introduces exception handling, Java I/O, run-time type identification, and passing and returning objects.

The new edition adds exceptional coverage of the powerful server-side technologies built into Java 2 Enterprise Edition, including servlets and JavaServer Pages; Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) database integration, and much more.

All code examples are on the accompanying CD-ROM, plus electronic copies of the book in several formats, as well as Bruce Eckel's complete Thinking in C multimedia course -- which introduces the key concepts every beginning programmer must master before learning Java.

Thousands of developers worldwide have already downloaded online "beta" versions of Thinking in Java, Second Edition, offering valuable feedback that Eckel has reflected in his final edition. Now, the book that Amazon.com called "extraordinarily insightful, opinionated and downright funny," is available to every reader, online and off.

About the Author

Bruce Eckel is author of several of the world's most respected programming books, including Thinking in C , winner of the Software Development Jolt Award for best book of 1995. For many years, he chaired the C and Java tracks for the Software Development Conference. He hosts a leading object development Web site, www.BruceEckel.com.

Pricing and Availability

Thinking in Java, Second Edition by Bruce Eckel. Prentice Hall PTR, 2000. Paper: ISBN 0-13-027363- 5. $44.99US. Available June 2000.

Prentice Hall PTR

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