Beginning Java 7:
by Jeff Friesen

Beginning Java 7 guides you through this language and a huge assortment of platform APIs according to the following table of contents:

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Java

Chapter 2: Discovering Classes and Objects

Chapter 3: Exploring Advanced Language Features

Chapter 4: Touring Language APIs

Chapter 5: Collecting Objects

Chapter 6: Touring Additional Utility APIs

Chapter 7: Creating and Enriching Graphical User Interfaces

Chapter 8: Interacting with Filesystems

Chapter 9: Interacting with Networks and Databases

Chapter 10: Parsing, Creating, and Transforming XML Documents

Chapter 11: Working with Web Services

Chapter 12: Java 7 Meets Android

What you’ll learn

The entire Java language, including Java 7-specific features such as switch on string, try-with-resources, final rethrow, multicatch, and SafeVarargs

A huge assortment of Java 7 APIs, beginning with those APIs oriented toward the language itself, and including Java 7-specific APIs such as the Fork/Join Framework, Objects, JLayer, and NIO.2

Various Java 7 tools, starting with the javac compiler and java application launcher

How to create user interfaces, working with web services, and a whole lot more

The basics of getting started with Android app development

Who this book is for

This book targets the following groups of developers:

Newcomers, skilled (to some degree) in other programming languages but with no previous exposure to Java

Intermediate Java developers, skilled in the fundamentals of Java prior to Java 7 and looking to increase their understanding of Java 7 language/API changes

All developers looking beyond standard Java, who want to leverage Java 7 to create mobile apps via Android

Even advanced Java developers may find a few items of interest

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Publisher: Apress
Page Count (est.): 898
ISBN10: 1430239093
ISBN13: 9781430239093
Cover: Paperback
Pub Date: 11/17/2011