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
    • Creating an Application
    • Sending Arguments to Applications
    • Applet Basics
    • Sending Parameters to Applets
    • Workshop: Viewing the Code Used to Run Applets
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
  • 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

Workshop: Viewing the Code Used to Run Applets

As a short workshop to better familiarize yourself with the <APPLET> tag and how it can be used to alter the performance of an applet, visit this book's World Wide Web site at http://www.java24hours.com.

Load this site by using one of the Web browsers that can run Java applets, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, or Mozilla. Go to the section of the site labeled "Hour 4 Showcase," and you'll be given a guided tour through several working examples of applets. These applets were written with Java version 1.0, so they can be run with any browser that supports Java, even if it isn't equipped with the Java Plug-in.

On each of the pages in the Hour 4 Showcase, you can use a pull-down menu command to view the HTML tags that were used to create the page:

• In Internet Explorer or Opera, choose View, Source.
• In Navigator or Mozilla, choose View, Page Source.

Compare the parameters that are used with each applet to the way the applet runs.

Appendix F, "This Book's Web Site," describes other things you can find on the book's site. The Web site is intended as a complement to the material covered in this book, and a way to find out about corrections, revisions, or other information that make these 24 hours more productive.

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