O'REILLY PUBLISHES NUTSHELL HANDBOOK FOR JAVA

"Java in a Nutshell" to be Followed by Complete Java Documentation Series

February 21, 1996 -- SEBASTOPOL, CA--"Java in a Nutshell" is a complete
quick reference guide to Java, the hot new programming language from Sun
Microsystems. This comprehensive volume contains descriptions of all of
the Java classes and their related calls and an introduction to important
Java concepts. In the tradition of their bestselling "UNIX in a Nutshell,"
O'Reilly's first Java book promises to become the essential
next-to-the-terminal reference for Java programmers. With an alphabetic
listing of commands, a clean layout featuring easy-to-browse entries, and
a lay-flat binding, this book is designed to be used on the fly.

But "Java in a Nutshell" is more than a Java "Dictionary." The first
chapter discusses Java's characteristics, and discusses why it's so
important. Then the book puts Java into perspective by summarizing the
differences between Java and C and by explaining the object-oriented
programming constructs in Java--an accelerated introduction to Java for C
and C++ programmers who want to learn the language fast.

O'Reilly has posted an excerpt from "Java in a Nutshell," entitled "How
Java Differs from C" on the company's new Java page
(http://www.ora.com/info/java). The page also contains links to additional
Java resources.

O'Reilly is following "Java in a Nutshell" with a complete series of Java
documentation books. The first book in the series, "Exploring Java," will
be released at Internet World on April 29, 1996. Other upcoming titles
include "Internet Programming with Java Script and "The Java Virtual
Machine."

"Java in a Nutshell" contents include:

 > an introduction to writing a simple Java applet
 > a summary of the differences between Java and C
 > a summary of the object-oriented programming constructs in Java
 > highlights of important classes, such as String, Applet, and Vector
 > an Introduction to important Java concepts, such as I/O, threads,
   dynamic loading, networking, graphics, GUIs, and image and audio
   handling
 > a compact reference to over 1,800 methods in the Java API
 > descriptions of each class
 > Java keyword glossary
 > quick-reference tables of operators, primitives, escape characters,
   visibility modifiers, doc comment syntax and Java-related HTML
   syntax
 > Java manpages
 > Java class hierarchy

Java in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference for Java Programmers
By David Flanagan
1st Edition February 1996
418 pages, ISBN: 1-56592-183-6, $14.95

O'Reilly & Associates
103A Morris St., Sebastopol, CA 95472
707/829-0515, Fax 707/829-0104, http://www.ora.com/
 
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