Java Pocket Guide

By Robert Liguori, Patricia Liguori
March 2008
Pages: 191
Series: Pocket References
ISBN 10: 0-596-51419-0 | ISBN 13: 9780596514198
(4) (Average of 1 Customer Reviews)

Description

How many times have you reached an impasse while writing code because you couldn't remember how something in Java worked? This new pocket guide is designed to keep you moving. Java Pocket Guide contains everything you really need to know about Java, particularly the new areas in Java 5 and 6, such as generics and annotations. It's the only book on Java that you can actually fit in your pocket.

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How many times have you reached an impasse while writing code because you couldn't remember how something in Java worked? This new pocket guide is designed to keep you moving. Concise, convenient and easy to use, the Java Pocket Guide gives you Java stripped down to its bare essentials -- in fact, it's the only book on Java that you can actually fit in your pocket.

Written by Robert and Patricia Liguori, senior software and lead information engineers for Java-based air traffic management and simulation environments, Java Pocket Guide contains everything you really need to know about Java, particularly everything you need to remember. The book pays special attention to the new areas in Java 5 and 6, such as generics and annotations.

Why do you need the Java Pocket Guide?

It's the only CliffsNotes-style guide to Java available
Lets you find important things quickly without consulting 1000-page tutorials
Includes many command-line options
Organized for quick and easy use on the job

If you're looking to learn some aspect of Java, this is not your book. Java Pocket Guide is for the experienced Java programmers among you who need quick reminders to jog your memory on how something in the language works. Simply put, this pocket guide offers practical help for practicing developers.

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Quick Java Help, March 27 2009

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Submitted by Dave Walz-Burkett [Respond | View]

This short and sweet pocket-sized Java guide covers the subject quickly and to the point. It brings together the main Java concepts in a single, compact format. Sometimes it's nice to have a feather-light reference in your rucksack.

While tiny, the guide contains the following:

Part I. Language
Chapter 1: Naming Conventions
Chapter 2: Lexical Elements
Chapter 3: Fundamental Types
Chapter 4: Reference Types
Chapter 5: Object-Oriented Programming
Chapter 6: Statements and Blocks
Chapter 7: Exception Handling
Chapter 8: Java Modifiers

Part II. Platform
Chapter 9: Java Platform, SE
Chapter 10: Development Basics
Chapter 11: Basic Input and Output
Chapter 12: Java Collections Framework
Chapter 13: Generics Framework
Chapter 14: Concurrency
Chapter 15: Memory Management
Chapter 16: The Java Scripting API
Chapter 17: Third-Party Tools
Chapter 18: UML Basics

The book is well organized and well written. It contains micro-snippets of code for virtually every topic covered. It's a helpful book to keep around for review or quick lookups. If you are new to Java but already a programmer of another object-oriented language, you could read it to get a quick, high-level overview. I have found it to be among the most useful Java books I own.

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