In this article we review some of the most recommended books related to Java SE development, from Swing, Networking to Java I/O and Graphics. The titles included in this review are:

• • Swing: A Beginner's Guide
  • Fundamental Networking in Java
  • Java Database Best Practices [Kindle Edition]
  • An Introduction to Programming with Java Applets
  • Java I/O
  • Computer Graphics for Java Programmers

 

1. Swing: A Beginner's Guide

Author: Herbert Schildt

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media

Published Date: September 08^th 2006

Paperback: 590 pages

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Content Coverage:

• Swing Fundamentals: The origins of Swing
• Labels, Buttons and Borders
• Scroll Bars, Sliders and Progress Bars
• Managing Components with Panels, Panes and Tooltips
• Lists
• Text Components
• Working with Menus
• Tables and Trees
• Dialogs
• Threading, Applets, Painting and Layouts

 

 

 

 

 

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2. Fundamental Networking in Java

Author: Esmond Pitt

Publisher: Springer

Published Date: November 05^th 2010

Paperback: 400 pages

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Content Coverage:

• • Part 1: Introduction to Networking
  • Part 2: IP - Internet Protocol

1. • • Fundamentals of IP

• • Part 3: TCP - Transmission Control Protocol

1. 1. • Fundamentals of TCP
      • Scalable I/O
      • Scalable TCP
      • Firewalls
      • Secure Sockets.
      • Scalable Secure Sockets.

• • Part 4: UDP - User Datagram Protocol

1. 1. • Unicast UDP
      • Scalable UDP
      • Multicast UDP

• • Part 5: In Practice

1. • • Server and client models
     • Fallacies of networking

 

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3. Java Database Best Practices [Kindle Edition]

Author: George Reese

Publisher: O'Reilly Media

Published Date: March 07^th 2013

File Size: 967 KB

Print Length: 288 pages

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Content Coverage:

 

• Data Architecture
  • Elements of Database Applications
  • Relational Data Architecture
  • Transaction Management
• Persistence Models

1. • Persistence Fundamentals
   • EJB CMP
   • EJB BMP
   • JDO Persistence
   • Alternative Persistence Frameworks

• Tutorials

1. • J2EE Basics
   • SQL
   • JDBC
   • JDO

 

 

 

 

 

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4. An Introduction to Programming with Java Applets

Author: Elizabeth S. Boese

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers

Published Date: February 27^th 2009

Paperback: 456 pages

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Content Coverage:

• • Introduction to Programming
  • Drawing Shapes and Text
  • Variables and Methods
  • Swing Components
  • GUI Design
  • Data Types and Operators
  • Conditionals
  • Events
  • Loops
  • Classes
  • Swing Components II
  • Collections
  • Threads and Timer
  • Inheritance
  • Game Programming
  • Internet Applications
  • Java

 

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5. Java I/O

Author: Elliotte Rusty Harold

Publisher: O'Reilly Media

Published Date: May 23^th 2006

Paperback: 728 pages

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Content Coverage:

• • Part 1 - Basic I/O:

1. • • Introducing I/O
     • Output Streams
     • Input Streams

• • Part 2: Data Sources

1. • • File Streams
     • Network Streams

• • Part 3: Filter Streams

1. • • Filter Streams
     • Print Streams
     • Data Streams
     • Streams in Memory
     • Compressing Streams
     • JAR Archives
     • Cryptographic Streams
     • Object Serialization

• • Part 4: New I/O:

1. • • Buffers
     • Channels
     • Nonblocking I/O

• • Part 5: The File System:

1. • • Working with Files
     • File Dialogs and Choosers

• • Part 6: Text:

1. • • Character Sets and Unicode
     • Readers and Writers
     • Formatted I/O with java.text

• • Part 7: Devices:

1. • • The Java Communications API
     • USB
     • The J2ME Generic Connection Framework
     • Bluetooth

 

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6. Computer Graphics for Java Programmers

Author: Leen Ammeraal, Kang Zhang

Publisher: Wiley

Published Date: February 27^th 2007

Paperback: 396 pages

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Content Coverage:

• • Chapter 1: Elementary Concepts
  • Chapter 2: Applied Geometry
  • Chapter 3: Geometrical Transformations
  • Chapter 4: Some Classic Algorithms
  • Chapter 5: Perspective
  • Chapter 6: Hidden-Line Elimination
  • Chapter 7: Hidden-Face Elimination
  • Chapter 8: Fractals

 

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