I find fault w/ many instructors in that Swing (or AWT) is brought up *much* too early. I can infer from Tim that the Swing API is pertinant to what he has me assigned. A scientist here (I work for Merck Pharmaceuticals) is taking a night course in java , and is pestering :-) me about Swing. Note that this is an *introductory* class and it was only the second week of instruction!
--- Greg Nudelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am looking for something that contains the Java API and that is easy to > > print out or buy. > > Java in a Nutshell by David Flanagan from O'Reilly Press > > > But my lecturer says don't bother or get a truck to carry it around in. > > If you want ALL API just download it on your machine like we described. > You've done that already, didn't you? :-) > > > 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. > > Yes, it is huge. You only use the appropriate tools though. If you learn > half the methods in 30 standard classes that is more then most people use in > a month of work, the rest you can look up in the HTML APIs. > > > 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. > > I'm glad you're digging, but don't worry about Swing untill you got some > basics under your belt. It is much more important to understand basic Java > concepts and software engineering ideas and try them hands on. Just get a > good begginer's book like Java 2 by Horton or Core Java by Sun press and > work through the exercises. I think you'll find Swing (and AWT) very > frustrating, but if you're interested, go for it. > > Greg > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to jdjlist as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.sys-con.com/fusetalk > ===== Mark Zawadzki Performance Engineer/DBA/Programmer extraordinaire� [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Democracies die behind closed doors," - Judge Damon Keith "The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power. Government must remain the domain of the general citizenry, not a narrow elite." - Sen. Paul Wellstone __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --- You are currently subscribed to jdjlist as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sys-con.com/fusetalk
