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Summary: Don't even try other book. This is worth every buck
Review: I have been programming in JAVA for 2.5 years. So I was looking forward to pure SWING book and not the repeat of Java fundamentals AWT crap etc.... The book by Sathyaraj was very much up to point. The book had very clear and concise examples. It is a like a mini tutorial which goes through each and every concept.Good book. Only negative feedback about this book the author should have left out api reference from the book. That way this book would have been less bulky and could be used as a good reference material.
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Summary: Great book for a great price!
Review: I have been really benefited from this book. This book provides a no-nonsense tutorial without wasting time. Packed with a number of practical examples on tables, trees, lists and comboboxes, in addition to the other basic examples. Serves as a good desktop reference with a huge index (but still incomplete). Above all it is gentle on your pocket; only few bucks.
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Summary: This book is great, a pure swing book which explains swing.
Review: I teach a GUI Java course, and this book is the first one on the market that is worth buying. This book answers questions in a succinct way, and is very useful for learning and programming in swing. Everything else on the market for swing is inadequate. You are not going to learn java from this book, but once you know the basics this book helps you develop the GUI interfaces.
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Summary: Some good info, but poorly organized
Review: I totally agree with the reviewers who gave this a low rating and wonder what [edit] people must have read to give this five stars. As for the so-called robust, real world examples, take listing 4.3 which: 1) reports exceptions to stdout without doing anything else 2) comments to "take care of displaying frames so they don't overlap" and then goes ahead and doesn't to that care, because it would be non-trivial to do so. 3) doesn't even work. I spent an hour trying to figure why my code wasn't working, untill I compiled the code in the book and discovered it didn't either. As for the appendix, I'm pretty shocked at the waste of paper, as one sentence per method would have made it so good. It's much worse than the "in a nutshell" books, which give a description of the main methods in the opening paragraph. Could have been so much better. Even at this price you're paying way too much. I'm going to be very cautious before I ever buy a "Pure xxx" book again.
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Summary: cheap for a reason
Review: I totally agree with the reviewers who gave this a low rating and wonder what [edit] people must have read to give this five stars. As for the so-called robust, real world examples, take listing 4.3 which: 1) reports exceptions to stdout without doing anything else 2) comments to "take care of displaying frames so they don't overlap" and then goes ahead and doesn't to that care, because it would be non-trivial to do so. 3) doesn't even work. I spent an hour trying to figure why my code wasn't working, untill I compiled the code in the book and discovered it didn't either. As for the appendix, I'm pretty shocked at the waste of paper, as one sentence per method would have made it so good. It's much worse than the "in a nutshell" books, which give a description of the main methods in the opening paragraph. Could have been so much better. Even at this price you're paying way too much. I'm going to be very cautious before I ever buy a "Pure xxx" book again.
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Summary: The best Swing example book yet!
Review: I've read several books on Swing, in my quest to master its intricacies. Books like 'Java Swing' by O'Reilly are good as references, but contain limited examples (and their tree section is terrible). That's why you need a book like 'Pure JFC Swing' - to give you examples and code snippets for real world applications. You can learn a lot by looking at example code - or just take it an put it in your own applications for impressive results. My one complaint, and it is small, is that there is no CD. This means you have to download the code from the publisher's site (it is there - be persistent). Despite this, once you have the code, you can try all the examples form the book or cut and paste it into your own Swing apps. Its packed full of great examples, covering most (if not all) of the Swing components. They also happen to be far superior to those offered by other titles.
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Summary: -not enough info -hard to use appendix +good visual+examples
Review: If this is a reference, I will give it one star. If this is a How-To kinda book, I will give it three starts. For a reference, this book simply doesn't have enough description for the classes. The appendix simply LIST all THE METHODS and fields for the classes WITHOUT ANY DESCRIPTION at all. It is hard to tell what "undoableEditHappened()" is, for instance. For a How-To book, this book is pretty good. It has alot of useful, well commentted code examples; better than many other books that I have read b4. However, the so called "Code Details" session is simply a copy of the comments from the code examples. I don't think I need to read them twice. The plus side for this book is that it has alot of pictures to show you how those components will look after you do this and do that to them. After all, this is a book about SWING. Many SWING books don't have too many pictures. It is kinda hard to tell what a JComboBox with Labels and Icons will look on the display. I will give it two stars overall.
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Summary: Excellent book!!
Review: If you have a solid foundation in Java, then this is a great reference. The author presents the information in a direct and concise manner. The book is logically put together and fairly readable. I would recommend this book to any Java programmer that wants to learn the JFC Swing. At $20 or less this book is a steal.
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Summary: Packed with Swing examples!
Review: In the past few months, I've read many books about Swing, the new graphics library from Sun. One thing stands out above all others - a lack of good code examples. Its not just that you can learn so much from looking at someone else's code, or that code helps reinforce the theory taught by an author. Good code examples, the type that are packed throughout "Pure JFC Swing" can be used AFTER you've learnt the basic theory of Swing - in your own applications, and projects. That's the main reason why I'm so impressed with "Pure JFC Swing". Its certainly a good reference for those wanting to learn more about Swing - but there are many good references on the topic, such as "Java Swing". It has a good API reference as well, but most books on Swing include a lengthy API reference. What makes this book stand out from the crowd is its code. Not only are there code examples for all of the components in Swing, but these code examples are also far superior to any I've seen before. They've well commented, and show the signs of someone intimately familiar with Swing's inner-workings. Even complex topics, like trees, are given comprehensive coverage (something that titles like Java Swing lack significantly). For example, Dr Pantham shows you step by step how to create trees, and tree models, and then finally how to provide your own custom rendering of tree nodes and leafs. The author's code examples are easy to understand, with good commentary. Code examples start simple, and then build on previous examples as you progress throughout each chapter. If you have a particular interest in a component, you can go straight to it and within minutes have working code - a big plus for those who are working to deadlines, and can't afford to read ever chapter in sequence. There is one tiny flaw, however, and that's that the source code isn't provided on CD. Though the code can be downloaded from the publisher's site, its a little hard to find. Once you've downloaded it though, you're well on your way to programming in Swing. All of the examples can be easily incorporated into your own applications, so it is a great timesaver, and an excellent way to improve the quality of your applications. If you've been disappointed, like myself, by the examples in other Swing references, and want good working code that demonstrates the Swing component library, this book is for you!
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Summary: It's a 3.5 star book
Review: The author should take out api reference from the book. And I can't find examples' source code from web or somewhere else. Besides above it's a good reference book for people who want to know Swing.
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