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
    • First Stop: Sun Microsystems
    • Going to School with Java
    • Lunch in JavaWorld
    • Taking in a Ballgame at ESPN.com
    • Getting Down to Business
    • Stopping by Gamelan to Ask Directions
    • Workshop: Putting Java on Your Desktop
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
  • 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
  • Appendix D. Using Sun ONE Studio
  • Appendix E. Where to Go from Here: Java Resources
  • Appendix F. This Book's Web Site

Quiz

If your mind hasn't taken a vacation by this point in the hour, test your knowledge of this chapter with the following questions.

Questions

1. How did object-oriented programming get its name?
   1. Programs are considered to be a group of objects working together.
   2. People often object because it's hard to master.
   3. Its parents named it.
2. Which of the following isn't a part of Java's security?
   1. Web programs cannot run programs on the user's computer.
   2. The identity of a program's author is always verified.
   3. Java windows are labeled as Java windows.
3. What is a program's capability to handle more than one task called?
   1. schizophrenia
   2. multiculturalism
   3. multithreading

Answers

1. a. It's also abbreviated as OOP.
2. b. ActiveX programs verify the author of the program, but this security method is not implemented as a standard security measure of Java. Programmers can use digital signatures and an identity verifying company like VeriSign in Java, but it isn't required.
3. c. This also is called multitasking, but the term multithreading is used in conjunction with Java because an independently running part of a program is called a thread.

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