Java new books available
Java™ new books available
Keywords Computers,Language, Programming, Publication
Three new books on Java have been produced by ACM Books in association with Addison Wesley and Sun Microsystems. They further enhance the texts available on Sun's Java Programming Language. They are:
- 1.
The Java™ Class Libraries, 2nd edition Vol. 1: java.io, java.lang.java, math,java.net, java.text, java.util
The authors are Patrick Chan (owner of Xeo Interactive), Rosanna Lee, and Doug Kramer (both of Sun Microsystems Inc.) The Java™ Class Libraries are up-to-date with the changes and current updates to the 1.2 release of Java™. They aim at optimising the time it takes to look up a class or class member. (Hardcover 1998, 1920 pages. ISBN 0-201-31002-3.)
- 2.
The Java™ Tutorial; Object oriented Programming for the Internet, 2nd edition
The authors are both from Sun Micro Systems Inc. Mary Campione and Kathy Walrath. They provide a practical,step-by-step guide to writing programs with JDK 1.1, The Java™ Tutorial(2nd edition) starts off with the basics of the language and progresses through more advanced topics and implementing graphical user interfaces with AWT.(Paperback 1998, 832 pages and is a Book/CD-ROM. ISBN: 0-201-31007-4.)
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Java™ 3D API Specification
Authored by Henry Sowizrai, Kevin Rushforth and Michael Deering, this is an applications programming interface(API) used for writing three dimensional graphics applications and 3D applets. This specification, it is claimed, delivers Java™'s write-once,run-anywhere benefit to developers of 3D graphics application. (Paperback, 1998,448 pages. ISBN: 0-201-32576-4.)
