Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours

By Rogers Cadenhead

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • About the Technical Editor
  • Acknowledgments
  • We Want to Hear from You!
  • Reader Services
  • Introduction
  • Hour 1. Becoming a Programmer
  • Hour 2. Writing Your First Program
  • Hour 3. Vacationing in Java
  • Hour 4. Understanding How Java Programs Work
  • Part II: Learning the Basics of Programming
  • Hour 5. Storing and Changing Information in a Program
  • Hour 6. Using Strings to Communicate
  • Hour 7. Using Conditional Tests to Make Decisions
  • Hour 8. Repeating an Action with Loops
  • Part III: Working with Information in New Ways
  • Hour 9. Storing Information with Arrays
  • Hour 10. Creating Your First Object
  • Hour 11. Describing What Your Object Is Like
  • Hour 12. Making the Most of Existing Objects
  • Part IV: Programming a Graphical User Interface
  • Hour 13. Building a Simple User Interface
  • Hour 14. Laying Out a User Interface
  • Hour 15. Responding to User Input
  • Hour 16. Building a Complex User Interface
  • Part V: Creating Multimedia Programs
  • Hour 17. Creating Interactive Web Programs
  • Hour 18. Handling Errors in a Program
  • Hour 19. Creating a Threaded Program
  • Hour 20. Reading and Writing Files
  • Part VI: Creating Multimedia Programs
  • Hour 21. Using Fonts and Color
  • Hour 22. Playing Sound Files
  • Hour 23. Working with Graphics
  • Hour 24. Creating Animation
  • Part VII: Appendixes
  • Appendix A. Tackling New Features of Java 2 Version 1.4
  • Appendix B. Using the Java 2 Software Development Kit
  • Appendix C. Programming with the Java 2 Software Development Kit
    • An Overview of the SDK
    • The java Interpreter
    • The javac Compiler
    • The appletviewer Browser
    • The javadoc Documentation Tool
    • The jar Java File Archival Tool
    • The jdb Debugger
    • Using System Properties
    • Summary
    • Q&A
  • Appendix D. Using Sun ONE Studio
  • Appendix E. Where to Go from Here: Java Resources
  • Appendix F. This Book's Web Site

Appendix C. Programming with the Java 2 Software Development Kit

The Java 2 Software Development Kit (SDK) can be used throughout this book to create, compile, and run Java programs.

The tools that make up the kit contain numerous features that many programmers don't explore at all, and some of the tools themselves might be new to you.

This appendix covers features of the SDK that you can use to create more reliable, better-tested, and faster-running Java programs.

The following topics will be covered:

• Running Java applications with the interpreter
• Compiling programs with the compiler
• Running Java applets with the applet viewer
• Creating documentation with the documentation tool
• Finding bugs in your program and learning more about its performance with the debugger
• Setting system properties with the interpreter and applet viewer

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