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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About the Author:

Nam Ha Minh is certified Java programmer (SCJP and SCWCD). He began programming with Java back in the days of Java 1.4 and has been passionate about it ever since. You can connect with him on Facebook and watch his Java videos on YouTube.