JAVA Jump Start: A Beginner's Guide to Internet Programming, by Noel Enete, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1997, 492 pages with CD.

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Description: This introduction to programming in JAVA is like nothing you've seen before. Because it will help you to learn the way you're meant to learn -- step-by-step. The strategy is simple. Each topic begins with a detailed explanation and is supported by short, working JAVA programs. You'll begin with the basics and then move on to a more complete treatment of standard and advanced JAVA topics including how to build your own Web server.

Audience: The topics are focused toward a person who can program in one other programming language.

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Getting Oriented to Java
  • Introduction
  • Having Fun with Java
  • Having More Fun with Java
  • Passing Data to Programs
  • Exploring System Capabilities
  • Launching Java Services
  • Touching Java Windows
  • Animation
  
  
• Part II: Getting Comfortable with Java
  • User Input
  • Buttons and Things
  • Layout Managers
  • Standalone Windows
  • Sound
  • File I/O
  
  
• Part III: Implementing Client/Server in Java
  • Sockets and a Simple Server
  • A Simple Web Server
  • A Web Server for Client/Server Programming
  • The CaffeineCafe
  
  
• Appendix
  • How Do I ...
  • Introduction to the World Wide Web
  • Introduction to Java's Virtual Machine
  • How to Parse a Java Class File
  • Enete Utilities
  • Java Resources