Java Pocket Guide (08 Edition)

How many times have you reached an impasse while writing code because you couldn't remember how something in Java worked? This new pocket guide is designed to keep you moving. Concise, convenient and easy to use, the Java Pocket Guide gives you Java stripped down to its bare essentials — in fact, it's the only book on Java that you can actually fit in your pocket.

Written by Robert and Patricia Liguori, senior software and lead information engineers for Java-based air traffic management and simulation environments, Java Pocket Guide contains everything you really need to know about Java, particularly everything you need to remember. The book pays special attention to the new areas in Java 5 and 6, such as generics and annotations.

Why do you need the Java Pocket Guide?

• It's the only CliffsNotes-style guide to Java available
• Lets you find important things quickly without consulting 1000-page tutorials
• Includes many command-line options
• Organized for quick and easy use on the job

Robert Liguori is a Senior Software Engineer and has been developing, maintaining and testing air traffic management systems since 1996. He is currently the lead developer for several Java based air traffic management applications. Mr. Liguori has a Bachelors degree in Computer Science and Information Technology from Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and is a Sun Certified Java Professional. He is also the co-founder of the Tech Center Java User Group.

Patricia Liguori is a Lead Information Systems Engineer and has been developing air traffic management systems and simulation environments since 1994. She has been working with Java based applications since 1998 as well as other technologies including J2EE, relational databases, XML, and XSL. Over the past several years, she has been leading the development of multi-organizational simulation environments used to

conduct aviation research and analyze aviation systems. She holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Duquesne University, a B.S. in Computer Science from the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and a M.S. in Computer Science from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

• Chapter 1: Naming Conventions
• Chapter 2: Lexical Elements
• Chapter 3: Fundamental Types
• Chapter 4: Reference Types
• Chapter 5: Object-Oriented Programming
• Chapter 6: Statements and Blocks
• Chapter 7: Exception Handling
• Chapter 8: Java Modifiers

• Chapter 9: Java Platform, SE
• Chapter 10: Development Basics
• Chapter 11: Basic Input and Output
• Chapter 12: Java Collections Framework
• Chapter 13: Generics Framework
• Chapter 14: Concurrency
• Chapter 15: Memory Management
• Chapter 16: The Java Scripting API
• Chapter 17: Third-Party Tools
• Chapter 18: UML Basics