See how to integrate your new Java applets into your Web site. The CD-ROM includes videos of Java creator and visionary James Gosling, working applets to learn and use, and an HTML editor. This book is a definate book for beginners. Intermediate and advanced users should only have this book for reference or to go back over the basics. This book does an excellent job with an intro to JAVA, and then proceeds to introduce you to the Visual environment.
Syntax is stressed, and great examples are given.
If you're looking for a first or second book, this is it. It covers the various tools contained in the Jakarta environment, how to develop and program applications using those tools, including Jakarta's application wizard, and how to integrate ActiveX controls in Internet applications developed with Jakarta. This book, written for all levels of programmers, teaches essential Java topics through in-depth examples. Oriented around material that programmers want to learn, the book jumps right into the hottest and most essential Internet, Web, and Java topics. Advanced programming discussions include designing and debugging code, using Wizards, Java animation, graphics and sound, and multitasking.