Java Resources

Java Resources from SUN Microsystems.

• Free Java! The SUN Microsystems Java Development Kit, version 1.2, at http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/
• The complete SUN Microsystems Java API documentation at http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/api/
• The Java Tutorial, Second Edition, by Mary Campione and Kathy Walrath, at http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/.
• SUN Microsystems' entire documentation page at http://java.sun.com/docs

• SUN Microsystems slow but free Java Beans development kit at http://www.netbeans.com. If you have version 1.2.x of SUN's Java Development Kit, you want NetBeans DeveloperX2 2.1.2. If you have the older version, version 1.1.x, of the Java Development Kit, you want NetBeans Developer 2.1.2.
• For faster Java Beans development kits, try some of those listed at the bottom of SUN's Java Development Kit download page at http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/. Among those listed, Borland's J Builder is both FAST and FREE, but you need Linux or NT to run it.

Good Java Books.

• Introductory Books
  • Java for Students, 2nd edition, by Douglas Bell and Mike Parr, Prentice Hall, 1999, ISBN 0-13-010922-3
  • Java, How to Program, 2nd edition, by H. M. Deitel and P. J. Deitel, Prentice Hall, 1998, ISBN 0-13-899394-7.

• Advanced Books
  • Data Structures and Algorithms in Java, by Robert Lafore, Waite Group Press, 1998.

Java Tutorials and Background Documentation.

• Survival DOS.
• Simple Java Tutorial.
• Compiling and Running an Application.
• Compiling and Running an Applet.

Java Demos.

• CS 151 Java Demos.
• CS 152 Java Demos.
• CS 290 Java Demos.
• CS 407 MultiTasking and Video Games Demos.

John Lewis's Keyboard Class

• Keyboard class description -- CCSU version.
• Keyboard class Java source code -- CCSU version.
• Keyboard class description and source -- John Lewis's original version.

Bradley Kjell's Complete Java Course.

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