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Summary: Must read
Review: I have the 3rd edition of this book and it's absolutely the best book I've read on AWT. Anyone who is serious about Java front-end development needs to read this book.
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Summary: The Bible of AWT
Review: I have the second edition and found it to be the very best discussion of the AWT. It is very detailed in the usage and extension of AWT components. The JFC stuff (to be covered in vol 2) has replaced a lot of AWT components. But, if you need to target browsers that don't support JFC, this is the book. I look forward to buying vol 2.
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Summary: Not all samples come with books compile.
Review: I think the book needs a little bit re-organizing. Some references to code appear chapters later. And worst thing is, the first sample I tried to compile, failed. It is the chapters/19/12/1.2
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Summary: Really good Java AWT book
Review: I was looking for a Java book to help me with Java applications NOT applets. Almost all Java books talk strictly about applets. I needed to do some image stuff with applications. I found this book to be very helpful. It had some good examples
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Summary: EXCELLENT BOOK
Review: IT'S AN EXCELLENT BOOK, BUT YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME KNOWLEGDE (AT LEAST MINOR) OF GUI AND AWT, IF NOT YOU MIGHT BE A LITTLE LOST AT THE BEGINNING. IN GENERAL, AN EXCELLENT BOOK WORTH BUYING.
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Summary: An important reference book.
Review: The two Core Java books by Hortsmann and Cornell have set the standard for Java reference works. This book is, to some extent, an extension of that series, specialising in the Java API.Although it is perfectly feasible to get by in Java using just the information available in the Core Java series, there is a wealth of extra knowledge avaible in this book regarding the AWT. I've found that the extra information on Layout Managers alone has made the book worth its price for me. If your interest is in development or maintenance of AWT components then I'd recommend this as an essential reference book. The only thing (admittedly minor) I could critisize about the book is the use of Booch notation rather than UML. It shows that the book is overdue for a second edition.
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Summary: An important reference book.
Review: The two Core Java books by Hortsmann and Cornell have set the standard for Java reference works. This book is, to some extent, an extension of that series, specialising in the Java API. Although it is perfectly feasible to get by in Java using just the information available in the Core Java series, there is a wealth of extra knowledge avaible in this book regarding the AWT. I've found that the extra information on Layout Managers alone has made the book worth its price for me. If your interest is in development or maintenance of AWT components then I'd recommend this as an essential reference book. The only thing (admittedly minor) I could critisize about the book is the use of Booch notation rather than UML. It shows that the book is overdue for a second edition.
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Summary: an excellent coverage of Layout,Double-Buffering and Event M
Review: There is a great effort to explain Layout Managing,in particular the complex GridBag Layout.Attention is also paid to custom layouts. The Delegation Event Model is covered deeply with an interesting example on how to build custom Events. Double-buffering is very clear thanks to a powerful example. The other parts are like all the other Java graphic books.
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Summary: I'm not through this book yet, but it so far it's amazing!
Review: There is a sad sparsity of good Java books, especially when it comes to the AWT. I am really impressed with this book and I highly suggest it to anyone that really wants to learn the JFC APIs. It would be really nice if the JDK documentation had something like this, but they left the examples and explinations out so they can sell more Java books. Well, I guess Sun needs to make some money on Java somehow, right?
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Summary: I'm not through this book yet, but it so far it's amazing!
Review: There is a sad sparsity of good Java books, especially when it comes to the AWT. I am really impressed with this book and I highly suggest it to anyone that really wants to learn the JFC APIs. It would be really nice if the JDK documentation had something like this, but they left the examples and explinations out so they can sell more Java books. Well, I guess Sun needs to make some money on Java somehow, right?
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