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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Preface</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="core.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.74.0"/></head><body><div class="preface" title="Preface"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a id="learnjava3-PREFACE-2"/>Preface</h1></div></div></div><p>This book is about the Java programming language and environment.
Whether you are a software developer or just someone who uses the Internet
in your daily life, you’ve undoubtedly heard about Java. Its introduction
was one of the most exciting developments in the history of the Web and Java
applications have powered much of the growth of business on the Internet in
the past 15 years. Java is, arguably, the most popular programming language
in the world, used by millions of developers on almost every kind of
computer imaginable. In the past decade, Java has surpassed languages such
as C++ and Visual Basic in terms of
developer demand and has become the de facto language for certain kinds of
development—especially for web-based services. Most universities are now
using Java in their introductory courses alongside the other important
modern languages. Perhaps you are using this text in one of your classes
right now!</p><p>This book gives you a thorough grounding in Java fundamentals and
APIs. <span class="emphasis"><em>Learning Java</em></span>, Fourth Edition, attempts to live
up to its name by mapping out the Java language and its class libraries,
programming techniques, and idioms. We’ll dig deep into interesting areas
and at least scratch the surface of the rest. Other titles from O’Reilly
pick up where we leave off and provide more comprehensive information on
specific areas and applications of Java.</p><p>Whenever possible, we provide compelling, realistic, and fun examples
and avoid merely cataloging features. The examples are simple, but hint at
what can be done. We won’t be developing the next great “killer app” in
these pages, but we hope to give you a starting point for many hours of
experimentation and inspired tinkering that will lead you to develop one
yourself.</p></div></body></html>