Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours

Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours, Third Edition......Page 2
Copyright © 2003 by Sams Publishing......Page 3
Contents at a Glance......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
About the Author......Page 18
We Want to Hear from You!......Page 21
Introduction......Page 22
PART I Getting Started......Page 24
HOUR 1 Becoming a Programmer......Page 26
Choosing a Language......Page 27
Telling the Computer What to Do......Page 29
How Programs Work......Page 31
Next Stop: Java......Page 33
Summary......Page 35
Q&A......Page 36
Quiz......Page 37
Activities......Page 38
HOUR 2 Writing Your First Program......Page 40
What You Need to Write Programs......Page 41
Beginning the Program......Page 42
Storing Information in a Variable......Page 44
Saving the Finished Product......Page 45
Compiling the Program into a Class File......Page 46
Fixing Errors......Page 47
Workshop: Running a Java Program......Page 48
Summary......Page 49
Q&A......Page 50
Quiz......Page 51
Activities......Page 52
HOUR 3 Vacationing in Java......Page 54
First Stop: Sun Microsystems......Page 55
Going to School with Java......Page 58
Lunch in JavaWorld......Page 60
Taking in a Ballgame at ESPN.com......Page 63
Getting Down to Business......Page 64
Stopping by Gamelan to Ask Directions......Page 65
Workshop: Putting Java on Your Desktop......Page 67
Q&A......Page 68
Quiz......Page 69
Activities......Page 70
HOUR 4 Understanding How Java Programs Work......Page 72
Creating an Application......Page 73
Sending Arguments to Applications......Page 74
Applet Basics......Page 75
Sending Parameters to Applets......Page 78
Workshop: Viewing the Code Used to Run Applets......Page 80
Q&A......Page 81
Quiz......Page 82
Activities......Page 83
PART II Learning the Basics of Programming......Page 84
HOUR 5 Storing and Changing Information in a Program......Page 86
Assigning Variable Types......Page 87
Storing Information in Variables......Page 92
Workshop: Using Expressions......Page 93
All About Operators......Page 96
Summary......Page 100
Q&A......Page 101
Activities......Page 102
HOUR 6 Using Strings to Communicate......Page 104
Storing Text in Strings......Page 105
Using Special Characters in Strings......Page 106
Pasting Strings Together......Page 107
Using Other Variables with Strings......Page 108
Advanced String Handling......Page 109
Workshop: Presenting Credits......Page 112
Q&A......Page 114
Quiz......Page 116
Activities......Page 117
HOUR 7 Using Conditional Tests to Make Decisions......Page 118
if Statements......Page 119
if-else Statements......Page 123
switch Statements......Page 124
The Conditional Operator......Page 125
Workshop: Watching the Clock......Page 126
Q&A......Page 131
Activities......Page 133
HOUR 8 Repeating an Action with Loops......Page 136
for Loops......Page 137
while Loops......Page 140
do-while Loops......Page 141
Naming a Loop......Page 143
Workshop: Teaching Your Computer a Lesson......Page 145
Summary......Page 147
Quiz......Page 148
Activities......Page 149
PART III Working with Information in New Ways......Page 150
HOUR 9 Storing Information with Arrays......Page 152
Creating Arrays......Page 153
Using Arrays......Page 155
Sorting an Array......Page 157
Workshop: Array of Prizes, Indeed......Page 160
Q&A......Page 164
Quiz......Page 165
Activities......Page 166
HOUR 10 Creating Your First Object......Page 168
How Object-Oriented Programming Works......Page 169
Objects in Action......Page 170
What Objects Are......Page 172
Building an Inheritance Hierarchy......Page 173
Converting Objects and Simple Variables......Page 174
Workshop: Creating an Object......Page 179
Quiz......Page 182
Activities......Page 183
HOUR 11 Describing What Your Object Is Like......Page 184
Creating Variables......Page 185
Creating Class Variables......Page 187
Creating Behavior with Methods......Page 188
Putting One Class Inside Another......Page 194
Using the this Keyword......Page 195
Workshop: Using Class Methods and Variables......Page 196
Summary......Page 198
Q&A......Page 199
Quiz......Page 200
Activities......Page 201
HOUR 12 Making the Most of Existing Objects......Page 202
The Power of Inheritance......Page 203
Establishing Inheritance......Page 205
Working with Existing Objects......Page 207
Workshop: Creating a Subclass......Page 211
Summary......Page 213
Q&A......Page 214
Quiz......Page 215
Activities......Page 216
PART IV Programming a Graphical User Interface......Page 218
HOUR 13 Building a Simple User Interface......Page 220
Using Components......Page 221
Workshop: Creating Your Own Component......Page 231
Summary......Page 234
Quiz......Page 235
Activities......Page 236
HOUR 14 Laying Out a User Interface......Page 238
Using Layout Managers......Page 239
Workshop: Laying Out an Application......Page 244
Summary......Page 248
Quiz......Page 249
Activities......Page 250
HOUR 15 Responding to User Input......Page 252
Getting Your Programs to Listen......Page 253
Handling User Events......Page 254
Workshop: A Little Lotto Madness......Page 259
Q&A......Page 268
Quiz......Page 269
Activities......Page 270
HOUR 16 Building a Complex User Interface......Page 272
Scroll Panes......Page 273
Sliders......Page 275
Change Listeners......Page 277
Menus......Page 280
Workshop: Using Image Icons and Toolbars......Page 283
Summary......Page 286
Questions......Page 287
Activities......Page 288
PART V Creating Multimedia Programs......Page 290
HOUR 17 Creating Interactive Web Programs......Page 292
Standard Applet Methods......Page 293
Putting an Applet on a Web Page......Page 296
A Sample Applet......Page 297
The Java Plug-in......Page 301
Receiving Parameters in the Applet......Page 304
Workshop: Handling Parameters in an Applet......Page 305
Summary......Page 307
Quiz......Page 308
Activities......Page 309
HOUR 18 Handling Errors in a Program......Page 310
Exceptions......Page 311
Assertions......Page 319
Workshop: Throwing and Catching Exceptions......Page 320
Q&A......Page 323
Questions......Page 324
Activities......Page 325
HOUR 19 Creating a Threaded Program......Page 326
Threads......Page 327
Working with Threads......Page 331
Starting with init()......Page 333
Catching Errors as You Set Up URLs......Page 334
Starting the Thread......Page 335
Workshop: Revolving Links......Page 338
Q&A......Page 341
Questions......Page 342
Activities......Page 343
HOUR 20 Reading and Writing Files......Page 344
Streams......Page 345
Writing Data to a Stream......Page 352
Workshop: Writing Bytes to an MP3 File......Page 353
Summary......Page 355
Questions......Page 356
Activities......Page 357
PART VI Creating Multimedia Programs......Page 358
HOUR 21 Using Fonts and Color......Page 360
Using the Font Class......Page 361
Other Ways to Choose Colors......Page 364
Workshop: Displaying a Danger Message......Page 366
Summary......Page 371
Quiz......Page 372
Activities......Page 373
HOUR 22 Playing Sound Files......Page 374
Retrieving and Using Sounds......Page 375
Java Archives......Page 381
Workshop: Making Your Computer Talk to You......Page 382
Summary......Page 385
Quiz......Page 386
Activities......Page 387
HOUR 23 Working with Graphics......Page 388
Using Graphics......Page 389
Drawing Lines and Shapes......Page 390
Workshop: Baking a Pie Graph......Page 398
Quiz......Page 405
Activities......Page 406
HOUR 24 Creating Animation......Page 408
Animating a Sequence of Images......Page 409
Sending Parameters to the Applet......Page 413
Workshop: Follow the Bouncing Ball......Page 415
Summary......Page 419
Quiz......Page 420
Activities......Page 421
PART VII Appendixes......Page 422
APPENDIX A Tackling New Features of Java 2 Version 1.4......Page 424
Java Web Start......Page 425
Using Java Web Start......Page 429
Summary......Page 433
APPENDIX B Using the Java 2 Software Development Kit......Page 436
Choosing a Java Development Tool......Page 437
Configuring the Software Development Kit......Page 442
Using a Text Editor......Page 452
Creating a Sample Program......Page 453
Setting Up the CLASSPATH Variable......Page 457
APPENDIX C Programming with the Java 2 Software Development Kit......Page 462
An Overview of the SDK......Page 463
The java Interpreter......Page 464
The javac Compiler......Page 466
The appletviewer Browser......Page 468
The javadoc Documentation Tool......Page 472
The jar Java File Archival Tool......Page 476
The jdb Debugger......Page 478
Using System Properties......Page 482
Q&A......Page 484
APPENDIX D Using Sun ONE Studio......Page 486
Choosing a Java Development Tool......Page 487
Configuring Sun ONE Studio......Page 489
Creating a Sample Program......Page 491
Other Books to Consider......Page 498
Sun’s Official Java Site......Page 499
Other Java Web Sites......Page 501
Java Newsgroups......Page 502
Job Opportunities......Page 504
APPENDIX F This Book’s Web Site......Page 506
INDEX......Page 508