P. Kleja said
When you want to be sure you use corectly the swing technology you need some tutorial which would also take you through all the basic possibilities of this technology.
After reading this book you get the confidence and experience in using of all the most important basics and that is the point. For the time being I do not know other book for beginners to acomplish such mission. Very good book.
Vinicius Menezes said
If you like Hebert Schildt's style of teaching it'll be good to know tha the book covers all the essentials of Swing. Advanced Java knowledge (Architeture and "culture") and advanced programming skills are required and previous experience with interface design is also important for understanding the whole concept.
Don't buy this book unless you meet these requirements. It's a begginer's guide for the people that never worked with GUIs ***for Java*** but do understand the generic concept behind GUI development. If you meet all requirements it's worth every penny.
Hebert Schildt as always, does a in-depth analysis of everything that is presented which is great for the tech-savvy people but sometimes becomes boring.
Overall, it's an excellent book.
Riccardo Audano said
This is the typical book by Herbert Schildt. It's written along the "Keep It Simple, Stupid" principle. Short, simple , to the point little program that dissect and illustrate the main aspects of the subject under discussion. A classic "Divide et Impera" strategy. His stregth are mainly in the introductory and reference texts, that is the ones that focus on the basic and fundamental technologies and don't require the effort of running after the latest evolution of the latest cutting edge technology or coping with the complications involved in industrial strength, real world applications. I understand this guy, I too like to concentrate in the fundamentals, avoiding the ephemeral technologies and the complications that often plague real world applications not because of the depth of the subject but because of inherent complications in the business they try to model, customization etc.. This allows Schildt to have a solid background on the fundamentals on a wide range of subjects and explain these subjects with outstanding clarity. The bad side is that his books will be useful to you only if you are a total beginner looking for a gentle start (like for this book) or for experienced developers looking for a little fun playing with interesting little programs ( like for the "Art of XXX" series ).
So , to sum it up, get this book if you don't mind spending money on a gentle introduction that will give you a clear view on the basics, but be warned that for the more complex, big picture, in the trenches work you will be on your own. Unfortunately the only book I know that presents Java GUI programming with a real world focus is written in french: Swing by Emmanuel Puybaret, which you can be found on amazon.fr.
http://www.amazon.fr/Swing-Java-SE-Start-Eclipse/dp/2212120192/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222707572&sr=1-1
As a final note, a 40 bucks price tag for an introductory text is definitely out of this world.
Wayne Whitman said
Does just what the title says "A Beginner's Guide" and does it well.
Easy to follow examples and covers what a beginner needs.
It does not tell you how to make a gui application, but if you are using an IDE with gui generating capability like NetBeans, you really don't need that.
What I needed was a book that explains the gui elements and how to use them and how to code your actions for them and this book does a great job of doing that.
Excellent job.
Ryuujin said
Un altro interessante libro di Shildt.
E' un libro ideato per chi si avvicina la prima volta alla creazione di una GUI con Swing, ma e' utile anche come riferimento (anche se non si addentra in argomenti molto avanzati).
Vengono trattati tutti i componenti Swing in maniera molto chiara. C'e' molto codice d'esempio.
consigliatissimo!
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