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Summary: Still good
Review: Like a fine movie, this book is still very useful even as the language advances. A wonderful reference I still find myself reaching for it several times a week for parts of the GUI that I don't reach into that often. Considering that I use the Eclipse front-end I do all of my GUI coding by hand (that and most GUI builders put out some really terrible code), so maybe I am a bit atypical in this regard.
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Summary: !!!!!!!!!!WOW!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Look at all of those computer related books sitting on your shelf and honestly ask yourself...which ones were actually well worth your investment.If you are like me only a few of those books sitting on your shelf were really truly worth your good hard earned money. Well, let me tell you what. Graphic Java 2 will be one of those books that you will look back at and say (...) I'm glad I purchased this book! I bought this book to help me on my first GUI Java Enterprise program and it has saved (me) enough times for me to say that I would pay double it's current price for this handy book. This is the most robust refrence book for the Swing API's you will find. If you are doing any GUI Java development and would like to get your code written correctly the first time then do yourself a favor and buy this book!!!! Actually even if you are currently not doing any GUI Java development I still highly recommend that you purchase this book. This is the best book I now own and I own quite a few.
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Summary: Brilliant
Review: Lots of bouncing baseballs and Pokemon j-pegs in the examples. For something as mundane (and practical) as how to format a number in a table you'll have to look elsewhere
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Summary: A very comprehensive book
Review: Mr. Geary has produced a wonderfully comprehensive guide to Java Swing, patiently explaining the advantages and disadvantages of each component, along with the theory behind Swing's framework.
Every piece of software was written to solve a problem. If a programmer really wants to understand the limitations (i.e. how to use it effectively) of software, he/she must understand the problem it was developed to solve. Mr. Geary goes the extra step in his book to give the theory/history/reasoning behind Swing, as well as, providing examples you can actually use in your code. Congratulations on an outstanding job!!
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Summary: A standard to which more technical books should measured
Review: Mr. Geary has produced a wonderfully comprehensive guide to Java Swing, patiently explaining the advantages and disadvantages of each component, along with the theory behind Swing's framework.
Every piece of software was written to solve a problem. If a programmer really wants to understand the limitations (i.e. how to use it effectively) of software, he/she must understand the problem it was developed to solve. Mr. Geary goes the extra step in his book to give the theory/history/reasoning behind Swing, as well as, providing examples you can actually use in your code. Congratulations on an outstanding job!!
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Summary: Nice examples, Not suitable as a reference manual
Review: Nice book if you do not know much about the JFC. Some good examples. The format of the book does not invite for a close survey. This book is not suitable as a reference. If you want to know about classes, its methods and the way they work it is better to look for something else. To learn, examplewise, it is a rather good book.
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Summary: Outstanding - no comparable books exist
Review: No other books on Swing have come close to the depth and breadth of this book. Over 1500 pages, without a lot of fluff. Better than his volume I. To the editor: (Drop the "swing tips") This text doesn't need any tips. It's cramed with answers for the serious reader.
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Summary: Phenomenal
Review: Others have waxed eloquent about the merits of this book. I have owned it for 2 years and I am still amazed at the depth, clarity, and scope of the information inside. Swing can be confusing, and there are frequently many ways to accomplish a task. Geary takes you through from the ground up and shows how to harness this powerful API. Long as it is, the book builds on the foundation of the AWT 1.1 coverage in volume 1. Swing is heavily dependent on the revised AWT architecture, so volume 1 is a must-own for anyone serious in leveraging the full Java GUI API. I had been a Swing programmer for almost a year before buying this book, and it completely redefined how I thought about the API, as well as the results I have obtained. My hat is off to Mr. Geary, as well as the designers of this surprisingly powerful and complete API!
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Summary: The Definitive Swing Reference
Review: Pretty much any java book these days will have a chapter on swing. To get you started it's often enough but there simply so much that can be said about swing that you'll soon find you need something meatier, and this is it. Its sixteen hundred pages including a thirtyfive page index (some reviews below say it has no index) cover, as far as I can see, every little thing you could possibly want to know about swing components. There more information, more examples and more explanations than you'll ever need, and none of it flab. Before purchasing this book I had written a small application with a fairly simple drop down menu. It worked fine but the code to set up and implement the menu looked ugly. Reading through and following the advice of this book I rewrote the code. I works just the same but was half the size of the original; it was also cleaner and in a fit state to had over to someone else to maintain, so that exercise alone may have paid for the book in the long run. It is already my most used reference after the companion Core Java series.
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Summary: What you've been waiting for.
Review: Remarkable for it's depth of knowledge and for example code which is clever and succinct. It is well written to the point of being absorbing. By itself, the author's treatment of JTable is worth the price of the book. An exceptional resource -- beats all other Swing books.
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