nowadays, putting applets on your page is hard, but not that hard. Who wants to read several chapters on passing parameters to an applet when you don't kno how to make the applet recieve them? Who wants to pay someone to program for them, like it suggests, when they know how to program begginer HTML anyway? And you would think they would wake the title different, or at least mention in the first chapter that this book is not actually about java programming. Big rip-off.
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Summary: This Book is not for Programming, or for Applets
Review: I bought the book in passing at the book store. because i was sure that my understanding of Java would undoubtedly increase if only to some small degree.We all know that Java is such an enormous beast of a programming language that although it's been tackled countless times, it seemingly can never be even partially conquered.
So i gave ita shot.
I read from page 1-120 on the first night, and returned the book to the book store the next day.
There is more Java in my now-empty cup of coffee than there is in this entire book.
Not one line of code in this book. That's right. Not one line of Java Code. There are however countless <PARAM> tags showing you basically how to use applets created and written IN JAVA by somone else.
In short it shows you how to use other peoples java.
I would have dipped into STUPID had i not brought the book back to the store the very next day, instead i reamain simply a DUMMIE for having bought it in the first place.
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Summary: this is not programming
Review: i thought this was a programming book and i could learn commands etc and syntaxes etc of java language but this book has no commands or does not treat java as a language but as a tool and says you can use java in webpages without a single line of code!
i did not read the book though once surfing through the pages i came to know it is not a programmers book,not a java programming starters tool!
maybe i have to buy another book to learn programming!
this may not be what you think it is!
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Summary: Possibly the most deceiving book ever
Review: Like most of the other reviewers reviewing this book, I thought by buying this book I'd be able to learn how to program java, but boy was I wrong. This is a 350 page tutorial on how to steal other people's applets and successfully negotiate it into your own website without giving proper credit. It teaches you how to weave it into the site without a single piece of knowledge of what you just did. Like another reviewer said, this book contains not one single line of code that you can use for your own site guilt-free.
If you want to learn how to incoporate java into your site, this is the book for you, but like most I'm pretty sure that by buying this book, doing just is not your intention at all.
Stay away from this horrific book.
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Summary: Should be called "How to use the Applet Tag in HTML"
Review: Maybe I just missed something on the back cover, but this book doesn't teach you anything about Java. While I liked HTML for Dummies, this one is incorrectly titled. It should have been How to Use One Little Statement in HTML. All that's covered is how to use the <APPLET> command. If, like me, you want to learn how to write applets, you'll need another book.
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Summary: Perfect for non-programmers who DON'T want to program.
Review: This book is a great way to learn how to use Java in your Web site. This was perfect for me since I don't want to program (I think Java Programming for Dummies is for programmers, the Java for Dummies book I bought is perfect for non-programmers like me!).
From reviews I've read here about this book I think people must have wanted the Java Programming for Dummies instead of Java for Dummies. If you want to use Java applets and applications, but don't want to program, this is the one. If you want to program, I think the programming Java book is what you should buy. This book has lots of free applets and tools for using Java in your Web site, and helps you also install Java applications on your desktop, all without having to program at all. Finally I now understand all the ins-and-outs of the APPLET tag and all its variations thanks to Java for Dummies!
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Summary: I thought it was just me
Review: This is a terrible book. I thought, 'mabye I have some mental block against learning java', beciase no matter how hard I tried, I could not get anything out of this book. I knew C, C++ and assembly, but got NOTHING from this book. Then I picked up a different book(can't remember the title), and learned an incredible amount in only a few days. Do not buy.
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Summary: A waste of time and money
Review: This is the dummest dummies book ever written. It says the same thing over and over again in 350 plus pages. I took nothing away from this book except a feeling of having been duped into buying it.
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