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Summary: Good concise reference to the Swing classes
Review: This book covers everthing there is to know about swing. Here you will go deep into the internal workings of swing to do some amazing things that frankly, I, as a Windows programmer of 5 years cannot do in Windows. The book has real good coverage of all the different classes in the swing library, how they are used, and most importantly, how they are useful. The book does tend to get a bit over-technical alot and less conversational so it can put you asleep.
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Summary: Reference Material - not for newbies
Review: This book is the best I found out there on Swing, from the easy stuff all the way to the dirty innards. This book is probably going to be overkill if you are just learning Swing or Java. If you need a solid Swing reference for those 2AM nights cranking the code out, it doesn't get better than this (also use the forums at java.sun.com)....
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Summary: Reference Material - not for newbies
Review: This book is the best I found out there on Swing, from the easy stuff all the way to the dirty innards. This book is probably going to be overkill if you are just learning Swing or Java. If you need a solid Swing reference for those 2AM nights cranking the code out, it doesn't get better than this (also use the forums at java.sun.com)....
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Summary: Excellent book - perfect for the advanced user
Review: This is a great book for the advanced user. A must have on the bookshelf for Swing programmers. The book does not waste pages explaining basic concepts. It jumps right into the subject from page 1 itself. There are lots of examples to review. I also found it useful as a reference book.Who should buy? If you are an advanced Java programmer or have worked on Swing/AWT in the past, then this book is for you. If you are a novice and this is your first foray into Swing, then this is not the book for you.
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Summary: Excellent book - perfect for the advanced user
Review: This is a great book for the advanced user. A must have on the bookshelf for Swing programmers. The book does not waste pages explaining basic concepts. It jumps right into the subject from page 1 itself. There are lots of examples to review. I also found it useful as a reference book. Who should buy? If you are an advanced Java programmer or have worked on Swing/AWT in the past, then this book is for you. If you are a novice and this is your first foray into Swing, then this is not the book for you.
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Summary: excellent book
Review: This is an excellent book with many useful examples.
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Summary: THE book on swing!!!
Review: This is not a beginner's guide to Swing, but after 3 years this is the book about Swing that stays on my desk. The other books I once used for Swing were "Core Java Foundation Class" by Topley and "Graphic Java 2: Mastering the JFC" by Geary. I used Mastering the JFC as introduction but "Swing" is the only book on Swing still on my desk. I'd wish they would make a new edition updating some sections. Overal still one of the best books on Swing out there.
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Summary: The Bible of Swing
Review: Two years ago, the JavaRanch reviewer, Anmarie Ziegler, wrote this about the first edition: "Overall this is an excellent book, and I would recommend it for the intermediate to advanced Swing developer." The same can be said of the second edition of "Swing". This edition has been updated to bring it up to Java 1.4 with new examples, new components, and three new chapters. You should note that this book is not for beginners. If "threads", "anonymous classes", or "event handling" are foreign words to you then you should go over the basic Swing chapters in a Java intro book such as "Beginning Java 2" by Ivor Horton. If you consider yourself at least an intermediate Java programmer and are comfortable with the basics of the AWT and you want to learn Swing very well then you are ready for this book. The authors have written the Bible of Swing. This book covers not just the basics of Swing but goes beyond that to teach you how to build your own Swing components. The cover states that the book contains, "production quality code" and this is exactly what it contains. You will find no simple "Hello World" examples but instead demonstrations of how to make use of the real power of Swing. The coding samples you will find in this book are extremely detailed and well commented. If you want to learn how to be a competent Swing developer then you should get this book.
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Summary: The Bible of Swing
Review: Two years ago, the JavaRanch reviewer, Anmarie Ziegler, wrote this about the first edition: "Overall this is an excellent book, and I would recommend it for the intermediate to advanced Swing developer." The same can be said of the second edition of "Swing". This edition has been updated to bring it up to Java 1.4 with new examples, new components, and three new chapters. You should note that this book is not for beginners. If "threads", "anonymous classes", or "event handling" are foreign words to you then you should go over the basic Swing chapters in a Java intro book such as "Beginning Java 2" by Ivor Horton. If you consider yourself at least an intermediate Java programmer and are comfortable with the basics of the AWT and you want to learn Swing very well then you are ready for this book. The authors have written the Bible of Swing. This book covers not just the basics of Swing but goes beyond that to teach you how to build your own Swing components. The cover states that the book contains, "production quality code" and this is exactly what it contains. You will find no simple "Hello World" examples but instead demonstrations of how to make use of the real power of Swing. The coding samples you will find in this book are extremely detailed and well commented. If you want to learn how to be a competent Swing developer then you should get this book.
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