Description:

If you have been wanting to learn Java, check out the newly revised fourth edition of the best-seller Sams Teach Yourself Programming with Java in 24 Hours. This step-by-step tutorial will teach you how to create simple Java programs and applets. Comprised of 24 one-hour lessons, this new edition focuses on key programming concepts and essential Java basics, has been improved by dozens of reader comments, and is reorganized to better cover the latest developments in Java. The book's coverage of core Java programming topics has also been expanded. A great starting point for learning Java, this book is also a great primer to reading sams Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days.

 

Table of Contents:

Introduction.

I. GETTING STARTED.

Hour 1: Becoming a Programmer.

    Choosing a Language

    Telling the Computer What to Do

    How Programs Work

    How Programs Don't Work

    Next Stop: Java

    Workshop: Installing a Java Development Tool

    Summary

    Q&A

    Quiz

    Activities

Hour 2: Writing Your First Program.

    What You Need to Write Programs

    Creating the Saluton Program

    Storing Information in a Variable

    Saving the Finished Product

    Compiling the Program into a Class File

    Fixing Errors

    Workshop: Running a Java Program

    Summary

    Q&A

    Quiz

    Activities

Hour 3: Vacationing in Java.

    First Stop: Sun Microsystems

    Going to School with Java

    Lunch in JavaWorld

    Watching the Skies at NASA

    Getting Down to Business

    Stopping by Gamelan to Ask Directions

    Workshop: Ventur