Table of Contents v
INTRODUCTION ...................................................1
About This Book ...............................................2
Foolish Assumptions ...........................................2
Icons Used in This Book ........................................3
Beyond the Book ..............................................4
Where to Go from Here ........................................4
BOOK 1: JAVA BASICS .............................................5
CHAPTER 1: Welcome to Java ..........................................7
What Is Java, and Why Is It So Great? .............................8
Platform independence .....................................8
Object orientation ..........................................9
The Java API ..............................................10
The Internet ..............................................11
Java versus Other Languages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Important Features of the Java Language ........................13
Type checking .............................................13
Automatic memory management ............................15
Exception handling ........................................16
On the Downside: Java’s Weaknesses ...........................16
Java Version Insanity ..........................................17
What’s in a Name? ............................................19
CHAPTER 2: Installing and Using JavaTools ........................21
Downloading and Installing the Java Development Kit .............22
Downloading the JDK ......................................22
Installing the JDK ..........................................23
Perusing the JDK folders ....................................23
Setting the path ...........................................24
Using Java’s Command-Line Tools ..............................26
Compiling a program ......................................26
Compiling more than one le ...............................27
Using Java compiler options .................................28
Running a Java program ....................................29
Using the javap command ..................................31
Using Java Documentation .....................................32
Java SE API Docs ...........................................32
Java Language Specication .................................33
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