Follow the Teach Yourself Path to Marketable Programming Skills -- The single easiest way to master Java programming.

Java is hot -- and Teach Yourself Java makes it easy to master Java and create real-world applications and applets in no time. Written by Java expert Joseph O'Neil and edited by Teach Yourself series editor Herb Schildt, this book provides a proven methodology designed to help you build skills immediately.

Osborne's Teach Yourself series gives programmers of every skill level a structured, lesson-oriented approach that builds skills progressively. For each concept, you begin with a summary and then get hands-on practice with increasingly challenging, real-life exercises. Next, you test your knowledge using the valuable Skills Checks and move ahead to learn about the next concept. A cumulative skills review at the end chapter serves as your own private "final exam." Highlighted keywords throughout give you the added benefit of having a Java reference tool at your fingertips.

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Inside, you'll Teach Yourself how to:

• Understand the fundamentals of object-oriented programming
• Master the features of the Java language
• Understand the packages in the Java Developer Kit (jkd)
• Build your own classes, interfaces, and packages
• Use streams for input and output
• Design multi-threaded programs
• Construct client/server software
• Apply the delegation event model
• Create user interfaces with the awt and Swing classes