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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Using This Book</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="core.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.74.0"/></head><body><div class="sect1" title="Using This Book"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a id="learnjava3-PREFACE-2-SECT-2"/>Using This Book</h1></div></div></div><p>This book is organized roughly as follows:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem"><p>Chapters <a class="xref" href="ch01.html" title="Chapter 1. A Modern Language">1</a> and <a class="xref" href="ch02.html" title="Chapter 2. A First Application">2</a> provide
a basic introduction to Java concepts and a tutorial to give you a
jump start on Java programming.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="xref" href="ch03.html" title="Chapter 3. Tools of the Trade">Chapter 3</a> discusses fundamental tools
for developing with Java (the compiler, the interpreter, and the JAR
file package).</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Chapters <a class="xref" href="ch04.html" title="Chapter 4. The Java Language">4</a> through <a class="xref" href="ch07.html" title="Chapter 7. Working with Objects and Classes">7</a> describe
the Java language itself, beginning with the basic syntax and then
covering classes and objects, exceptions, arrays, enumerations,
annotations, and much more.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="xref" href="ch08.html" title="Chapter 8. Generics">Chapter 8</a> covers generics and
parameterized types in Java.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="xref" href="ch09.html" title="Chapter 9. Threads">Chapter 9</a> covers the language’s
built-in thread facilities and the Java Concurrency package, which
should be of particular interest to advanced programmers.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="xref" href="ch10.html" title="Chapter 10. Working with Text">Chapter 10</a> covers text processing,
formatting, scanning, string utilities, and the powerful regular
expressions API.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="xref" href="ch11.html" title="Chapter 11. Core Utilities">Chapter 11</a> covers much of the core API
including utilities and collections.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="xref" href="ch12.html" title="Chapter 12. Input/Output Facilities">Chapter 12</a> covers Java I/O, streams,
files, and the NIO package.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Chapters <a class="xref" href="ch13.html" title="Chapter 13. Network Programming">13</a> and <a class="xref" href="ch14.html" title="Chapter 14. Programming for the Web">14</a> cover
Java networking, including sockets and NIO, URLs, and RMI.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="xref" href="ch15.html" title="Chapter 15. Web Applications and Web Services">Chapter 15</a> covers web applications
using servlets, servlet filters, and WAR files, as well as web
services.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Chapters <a class="xref" href="ch16.html" title="Chapter 16. Swing">16</a> through <a class="xref" href="ch21.html" title="Chapter 21. Working with Images and Other Media">21</a> cover
GUI development with the Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) and Swing,
which provide graphical user interface (GUI) and image support.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="xref" href="ch22.html" title="Chapter 22. JavaBeans">Chapter 22</a> covers the JavaBeans
component architecture and introduces the NetBeans IDE.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="xref" href="ch23.html" title="Chapter 23. Applets">Chapter 23</a> covers applets.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="xref" href="ch24.html" title="Chapter 24. XML">Chapter 24</a> covers the Java APIs for
working with XML and XSLT, including XML Schema, validation, XPath,
and XInclude, as well as XML binding with JAXB.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="xref" href="apa.html" title="Appendix A. The Eclipse IDE">Appendix A</a> covers using the Eclipse IDE
with the examples in this book.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="xref" href="apb.html" title="Appendix B. BeanShell: Java Scripting">Appendix B</a> describes BeanShell, a
lightweight scripting language for Java developed by the authors of
this book.</p></li></ul></div><p>If you’re like us, you don’t read books from front to back. If
you’re really like us, you usually don’t read the Preface at all. However,
on the off chance that you will see this in time, here are a few
suggestions:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem"><p>If you are an experienced programmer who has to learn Java in
the next five minutes, you are probably looking for the examples. You
might want to start by glancing at the tutorial in <a class="xref" href="ch02.html" title="Chapter 2. A First Application">Chapter 2</a>. If that doesn’t float your boat, you
should at least look at the information in <a class="xref" href="ch03.html" title="Chapter 3. Tools of the Trade">Chapter 3</a>, which explains how to use the compiler
and interpreter, or <a class="xref" href="apa.html" title="Appendix A. The Eclipse IDE">Appendix A</a>, which shows
how to run the examples in the Eclipse IDE. This should get you
started.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Chapters <a class="xref" href="ch12.html" title="Chapter 12. Input/Output Facilities">12</a> through <a class="xref" href="ch15.html" title="Chapter 15. Web Applications and Web Services">15</a> are
essential if you are interested in writing advanced networked or
web-based applications and services. This is one of the more
interesting and important parts of Java.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Chapters <a class="xref" href="ch16.html" title="Chapter 16. Swing">16</a> through <a class="xref" href="ch22.html" title="Chapter 22. JavaBeans">22</a> discuss
Java’s graphics features and component architecture. You should read
this if you are interested in writing graphical Java applications or
applets.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a class="xref" href="ch24.html" title="Chapter 24. XML">Chapter 24</a> covers the Java APIs for
working with XML, including SAX, DOM, DTDs, XML Schema, and using XSL
to render output for the Web. XML technology is becoming key to
cross-platform development.</p></li></ul></div></div></body></html>