I checked out that reference (
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/jTOC.doc.html)
and found it to be a little difficult to understand -- from the bits that I
looked at.
I am looking for something that contains the Java API and that is easy to
print out or buy.
But my lecturer says don't bother or get a truck to carry it around in.
And I have been told by a lecturer that "The Java Tutorial" -- 2nd or 3rd
edition -- whichever is the latest and which has been released might be a
good place to look.
I found these 2 books at Amazon.
Are the "Class Libraries" the same as the "API" ? I have the feeling that
the API is much bigger than the class libraries listed in these 2 books
below.
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The Java(TM) Class Libraries, Voume 1: java.io, java.lang, java.math,
java.net, java.text, java.util (2nd Edition)
by Patrick Chan, Rosanna Lee, Doug Kramer
The Java(TM) Class Libraries, Volume 2: java.applet, java.awt, java.beans
(2nd Edition)
by Patrick Chan, Rosanna Lee
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At the moment -- I am trying to learn about Swing (as a preference over the
AWT as advised on this list) -- particularly about buttons and about
Layouts.
So I thought maybe if I did an Amazon search for "Java Swing" and see what
comes up. And I found the following:-
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1) Java Swing, Second Edition
by James Elliott, Robert Eckstein (Editor), Marc Loy, David Wood, Brian
Cole
2) The JFC Swing Tutorial: A Guide to Constructing GUIs
by Kathy Walrath, Mary Campione
3) Definitive Guide to Swing for Java 2, Third Edition
by John Zukowski
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I have a question : is the JFC the same as Swing ? Are the 2 terms
synonomous ?
And I think that maybe I should get the following book perhaps before
getting others :-
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1) The Java(TM) Developers Almanac 1.4, Volume 1: Examples and Quick
Reference (4th Edition) by Patrick Chan
2) The Java Developers Almanac 1.4, Volume 2: Examples and Quick Reference
(4th Edition)
by Patrick Chan, Lan-Ahn Dang
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