Book Description

The quickest way to learn how to build Java and JavaScript applications Complete working programs illustrate every major concept Fully covers JDKTM 1.2 and the class libraries you need to create full-scale applications. This powerful book/CD package is for C and C++ programmers who'd like to quickly learn how to build full-scale applications in Java and JavaScript. Revised and expanded from its bestselling predecessor, Java for C/C++ Programmers, it features the same rapid skill-building format that allows you to produce simple Java programs within an hour, and more complex ones within a few days, by building on C and C++ concepts you already know. You'll quickly become familiar with all Java and JavaScript features, including all the major new APIs that you'll need to create full-scale business applications. Through a series of progressively more complicated fully working applications, this guide schools you in basic and advanced techniques for building full-blown applications using Java Foundation Classes, JavaBeansTM, JDBC, NMI, and RMI. Java 1.2 and JavaScript for C and C++ Programmers: Fully covers Java through JDKTM 1.2 Shows how to link Java applets with JavaScript Teaches how to integrate Java with ActiveX Shows how to interface C, C++, and Java applications Demonstrates how to integrate video using the Java Media Framework. On the CD-ROM you'll find: All the source code from the fully working programs in the book Exciting demos, including a drawing program demonstrating selectable and resizable objects, a robot war simulation, and valuable utilities, including a custom layout manager, a search applet, and an online book service servlet Trial versions of the Supercede development environment, WingSoft Editor, WingSoft Decompiler, and TextPad ObjectSpace's highly acclaimed Generic Component Library for Java and Voyager distributed computing technology Try-and-Buy versions of JavaTM StudioTM and JavaTM WorkShopTM. Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries.