Java Books
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The Definitive Guide to SWT and JFACE
Published 16 years ago includes sample chapter
by Rob Warner, Apress
The Definitive Guide to SWT and JFace is indeed definitive and proved to be a nearly perfect choice for starting my journey inside Eclipse's much hyped GUI toolkit(s). — Lasse Koskela, JavaRanch Bartender Need to build stand-alone Java applications? The Definitive Guide to SWT and JFace will help you build them from the ground up. The book first runs down the Java GUI toolkit history.
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J2ME Games With MIDP2
Published 16 years ago includes sample chapter
by Carol Hamer, Apress
(Carol Hamer's) enthusiasm for the topic comes through and makes you wants to try the many sample games. — Thomas Paul, JavaRanch Sheriff If you're looking for a book written by a games industry insider with a clear voice, this is it. The excellent text is complemented by rich, well-written example games. From graphics to sound to networking, this book will teach you how to create games using the full power of MIDP 2.0.
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Advanced Java Game Programming
Published 16 years ago includes sample chapter
by David Wallace Croft, Apress
Advanced Java Game Programming teaches you how to create desktop and Internet computer games using the latest Java programming language techniques. Whereas other Java game programming books focus on introductory Java material, this book covers game programming for experienced Java developers.
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Pro Jakarta Commons
Published 17 years ago includes sample chapter
by Harshad Oak, Apress, Apress
The author does a great job of surveying the Jakarta Commons components and showing how each solves real problems. An enjoyable read with lots of easy to understand examples. — Floyd Marinescu, creator of TheServerSide.com and author of EJB Design Patterns Jakarta Commons are easily reusable components that can quickly be put to good use in any server-side Java development undertaking. In fact, components are not big applications, but sleek code bits that perform specific tasks very well.
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Beginning JSP 2: From Novice to Professional
Published 17 years ago includes sample chapter
by Krishnaraj Perrumal, Vikram Goyal, Apress
After reading this book, you'll be able to do a whole lot more. — Dirk Schreckmann, JavaRanch Sheriff and Journal Editor Let Beginning JSP 2 be your guide as you begin using JSP. This comprehensive guide starts by steering you through your first JSP application. It reviews HTML, and provides you with a useful overview of JSP. You'll then be ready to start learning one of the core techniques in JSP: pulling data from a database and working with that data.
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Beginning J2EE 1.4: From Novice to Professional
Published 17 years ago includes sample chapter
by James L. Weaver, Kevin Mukhar, James P. Crume, Ivor Horton, Apress
The Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) is an extremely powerful platform for developing enterprise-level Java-based applications, primarily for the server. This book shows you how to harness that power, guiding you through the details of how the pieces of the J2EE platform fit together.
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Oracle JDeveloper 10g: Empowering J2EE Development
Published 17 years ago includes sample chapter
by Harshad Oak, Apress
The age for using a simple text editor is long gone. The ever-growing complexity of Java and J2EE creates a need for Java development tools that offer more. If you want to be more productive with Java, you need a Java IDE. Oracle JDeveloper 10g is an IDE that enables you to develop Java applications with minimal effort. JDeveloper can do wonders for your Swing, JSP, Servlets, Struts, EJBs, and Web Services developments.
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Google, Amazon, and Beyond: Creating and Consuming Web Services
Published 17 years ago includes sample chapter
by Alexander Nakhimovsky, Tom Myers, Apress
readable, accessible and eminently practical... ...quite a good book about writing software to consume and provide web services. — Slashdot While many books are focused on the underlying technologies of web services and others are dedicated to providing web services, few books show how to consume web services.
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Pro JMX: Java Management Extensions
Published 17 years ago includes sample chapter
by J. Jeffrey Hanson, Jeff Hanson, Apress
...grab a copy of Pro JMX at your local bookstore and stick yourself deep into your La-Z-Boy for a relaxing reading experience. — Valentin Crettaz, Val's Blog Get ready to plunge into the complete world of JMX architecture&emdash;including the release of JMX Remoting 1.2! Pro JMX: Java Management Extensions features cutting-edge examples of JMX integration with distributed applications, including sequence diagrams and real-world sample code.
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Maximizing .NET Performance
Published 17 years ago includes sample chapter
by Nick Wienholt, Apress
Foreword by .NET Remoting guru Ingo Rammer BACK IN 1999, the ACM published a study1 that presented a comparison of 40 independent implementations of a computationally intensive problem, created by different programmers in either Java&emdash;the then-current managed runtime environment&emdash;or C/C