Title: The Waite Group's Java 1.2 how-to
First published: 1998
Description: Copyright 1998, this book covers Java 1.2.  The Swing components had just come out.  This book is an excellent introduction to the "primitives" of Java programming -- over 100 examples, each is one to three pages of runnable Java code.  It has a chapter on Simple I/O, simple graphics, Java Threads, Java Events, AWT GUI, Swing GUI, Networking, and JAR files.

While a little dated in 2011, all the examples still run in Java 1.6.  Recommended as a useful introduction to the language.  Make sure you get the CD with the book.
Subjects: Java (Computer program language)
People: Stephen Potts
Time periods: 1998, Java 1.2
LC classification: QA76.73.J38 P69 1999