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This book is an introduction to programming inOracle’s Java™ programming language, a widely used programming language and software platform. This book serves as a comprehensive guide, complete with aseries of tutorials to help users better understand the many ways one can program in Java. In its entirety, this book is meant to be both an introductory guide and a useful reference on Java and related technologies. As is the nature of this book, the content within the book is continuously being updated and revised. With every chapter within this book, the complexity of the context increases, building up on lessons learnt in the previous chapters. Beginners should therefore start from the beginning and proceed in a sequence throughout the material of the book.
If you are not familiar with object-oriented programming, you should first read the bookObject Oriented Programming. Other special purpose books such asJakarta EE enterprise programming,Java Persistence, orJava Swing programming, with more details, would complement this book nicely.
About this bookHistory of JavaOverview of the Java programming language
The Java platform (JRE & JDK)
Installing Java on Your ComputerCompiling programsRunning Java programsUnderstanding a Java programJava IDEsStatementsConditional blocksLoop blocksBoolean expressionsVariablesPrimitive TypesArithmetic expressionsLiteralsMethodsStringObjectsPackagesArraysMathematical functionsLarge numbersRandom numbersUnicodeCommentsKeywordsCoding conventionsDefining classesInheritanceInterfacesOverloading methods and constructorsObject LifecycleScopeNested classesGenericsThrowing and catching exceptionsChecked exceptionsUnchecked exceptionsPreventingNullPointerExceptionStack traceNesting exceptions (chained exceptions)Threads and RunnablesBasic SynchronizationClient Server Programming
Remote Method Invocation (RMI)
Enterprise JavaBean Programming (EJB)Java Spaces Programming (Jini)Reflection OverviewDynamic Class LoadingDynamic Method InvocationAccessing Private Features with ReflectionNetworkingDatabase programmingRegular ExpressionsLibraries, extensions and frameworks3D programmingJava Native InterfaceInvoking CByte Code| Wikibook Development Stages | ||||
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