Java has become one of the leading development languages today. It plays a very important role in application development for business as well as a tool for Web programming. This Java text is designed primarily for business programming students. It assumes no prior programming experience and introduces students to the object-oriented approach from the very beginning. This text can be used for a first language course or for a more advanced programming course.

Table of Contents:
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING JAVA CHAPTER 2: USING VARIABLES AND CONSTANTS CHAPTER 3: DESIGNING THE INTERFACE WITH LAYOUT MANAGERS CHAPTER 4: PERFORMING CALCULATIONS AND FORMATTING NUMBERS CHAPTER 5: CREATING CLASSES CHAPTER 6: DECISIONS AND CONDITIONS CHAPTER 7: MAKING SELECTIONS WITH CHECK BOXES AND OPTION BUTTONS CHAPTER 8: USING LISTS, CHOICES, AND LOOPING CHAPTER 9: ARRAYS CHAPTER 10: APPLICATIONS, FRAMES, MENUS, AND DIALOGS CHAPTER 11: MULTIMEDIA in JAVA: IMAGES, SOUNDS, ANIMATIONS AND VIDEO CHAPTER 12: MORE OOP, INTERFACES, AND INNER CLASSES CHAPTER 13: STORING INFORMATION, OBJECT SERIALIZATION, AND JDBC CHAPTER 14: JAVASCRIPT CHAPTER 15: ADVANCED FEATURES OF JAVA APPENDIX A: USING AN IDE APPENDIX B: CONVENTIONS AND STANDARDS APPENDIX C: JAVA 1.0 EVENT HANDLING AND DEPRECIATED METHODS APPENDIX D: SOLUTIONS TO FEEDBACK QUESTIONS APPENDIX E: CREATING JAR FILES APPENDIX F: MATH FUNCTIONS APPENDIX G: DEBUGGING