Essential Java 2 fast

Why Java 2 is Special.
- Introduction.
- Is this book for you?
- What you need to run Java 2.
- How to use this book.
- An object oriented approach.
- Conventions.
- An Object Oriented Application.
- Introduction.
- A first application.
- What can go wrong?- How does the application work?- Classes and objects.
- The main method.
- What's new.
- Running the application.
- Using classes and objects.
- Naming conventions.
- The Java Language.
- Introduction.
- Applications and applets.
- Comments.
- Data types.
- The integer data types.
- The floating point data types.
- The boolean data type.
- The char data type.
- The string data type.
- Names in Java.
- Declaring data.
- Arithmetic in Java.
- Assigning number variables.
- Casting.
- Assignment operators.
- Using strings in Java.
- Operator precedence.
- Displaying information on the screen.
- Branching and Looping.
- Introduction.
- If...else statements.
- Logical operators.
- Switch statements.
- Block statements.
- Looping.
- For loops.
- While loops.
- Do...while loops.
- The break statement.
- Arrays.
- Creating and Using Classes and Objects.
- Introduction.
- The account class.
- The Display Details method.
- The In Credit method.
- The credit and debit method.
- The main method.
- Using constructors.
- Encapsulating data.
- Calling methods.
- Command line arguments for applications.
- Using Applets.
- Introduction.
- Writing applets.
- The applet tag.
- Key methods of the applet class.
- The init method.
- The start method.
- The stop method.
- The destroy method.
- The paint method.
- Command line arguments for applets.
- The Graphics, Color and Font Classes.
- Introduction.
- The co-ordinate frame.
- Importing classes.
- The graphics class.
- Drawing lines.
- Drawing rectangles.
- Drawing circles and ovals.
- Drawing arcs.
- Drawing polygons.
- The colour class.
- Creating colours.
- Displaying text and changing fonts.
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