This book is our attempt to provide the readers with all the necessary information on how to set up the Java development environment and get started with client side, application development, using Java 8.
In a step by step, easy to follow manner, the book takes one through application development. It assists in getting a good grip on the Java syntax and its methodologies to confidently craft robust applications using Java SE 8. It explores the Core of Java along with the improvements of Java SE 8, examines the various specifications and describes how to assemble them to develop applications with plenty of real world examples with complete code spec and diagrams to make it easier to follow.
Whether you are a beginner or an experienced developer, you should find this book, a valuable and accessible knowledge base for crafting robust Java solutions.
ON THIS BOOK’S CDROM
Setup files for NetBeans IDE, MySQL, MySQL Connector/J, JDK 8
Source code for every example in this book
WHAT THIS BOOK HOLDS
Basic Fundamentals, Classes
Interfaces, Inheritance, Packages
Imports, Javadoc, Enumerations
Enhanced for loop, Generics
The diamond operator, JavaBeans
JDBC, Java I/O, Collections, Streams
Arrays, Vectors, ArrayList, LinkedList
Applets, AWT and Swing
Event/Exception Handling
UDP Connection, Working With URL
Concurrency/Multithreading
XML and Java and Java Servlets
Lambda Expressions
Date / Time API
Autoboxing / Unboxing
Variable-length arguments
Static import and Binary Literals
Underscores in numeric literals
Switch Case with Strings
Annotations on Java Types
TCP Connection, Default Methods
Compile RMI without rmic compiler
Method / Constructor References
Functional Interfaces
Bulk Data Operations for Collection
About the Author
The author Sharanam Shah [www.sharanamshah.com] has 12+ years of IT experience as a Developer, Database Designer, Technical Writer, Systems Analyst and a Lead Architect. He currently consults with several software houses in Mumbai, India, to help them design and manage database application. Vaishali Shah, his wife, co-author and a Technical Writer by profession, has a rich experience of designing, developing and managing database systems.
Their desire to share the knowledge they’ve acquired over all these years working together and perhaps partially to keep it available and alive made them co-author and publish several books, most of them tightly focused on commercial application development using software tools.
