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Title: Swing, Second Edition by Matthew Robinson, Pavel Vorobiev, Pavel A. Vorobiev, David Anderson ISBN: 1-930110-88-X Publisher: Manning Publications Company Pub. Date: February, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.48 (31 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A must have for any serious Swing work
Comment: Before the first edition came out, I was very frustrated with the books available on the topic. The first edition was already the best book on Swing. While reviewing the manuscript for the second edition, I made up my mind to purchase the book as soon as it would be available. In a forward that he wrote for the book, James Gosling -creator of Java- gives credit to the authors for their excellent work.
Swing is a difficult topic, with many concepts that are a departure from more traditional Window MFC or Visual Basic GUI programming. This book does an excellent job at covering those concepts in simple terms, so that by the time the reader hits the first examples, he/she is already familiar with the general principles. I would have no problem recommending this book for people of all levels, as I believe they will all find some serious material to further their comprehension of Swing.
But do not think this book is a dry text book either, or a mere reprint of the voluminous Swing documentation. Once equiped with the general concepts of Swing (including an excellent coverage of thread safety in GUI applications), the authors embark on a methodical review of the Swing components, illustrating each with some real production grade code. No 10-line hello world in this book... but no verbose samples that have you wonder why the authors took an approach that you know would not survive the test of a production environment. No. The source code is excellent, documented, and accompanied with some detailed specific explainations when necessary (too many books have a long wordy reprint of the sample code in plain english that simply detracts from the essentials).
Everyone has a different style of learning. I find this book to be a good balance between the dry concepts and the concrete tips. Notes throughout the text highlight the differences between successive releases of Swing... a nice touch when you have to develop for multiple target platforms. As you progress in your understanding of Swing, you will find yourself going back to this book over and over again, looking for more details about the inner workings of Swing.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book - perfect for the advanced user
Comment: This is a great book for the advanced user. A must have on the bookshelf for Swing programmers. The book does not waste pages explaining basic concepts. It jumps right into the subject from page 1 itself. There are lots of examples to review. I also found it useful as a reference book.
Who should buy?
If you are an advanced Java programmer or have worked on Swing/AWT in the past, then this book is for you.
If you are a novice and this is your first foray into Swing, then this is not the book for you.
Rating: 3
Summary: 2nd Edition Has Typos out the Wazoo
Comment: The depth of coverage is excellent. If you want to see examples that are more than toy applications, this is for you.
Unfortunately, an otherwise excellent book is marred by a surprising number of typos and errors. Provided one has a satisfactory understanding of the material, it is possible to intuit what the authors intended to say. Aggravating this problem is the lack of published errata.
Whoever edited the 2nd edition should be fired (if they haven't been already).
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Title: Java Swing, Second Edition by James Elliott, Robert Eckstein, Marc Loy, David Wood, Brian Cole ISBN: 0596004087 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $54.95 |
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Title: Graphic Java 2, Volume 2: Swing (3rd Edition) by David Geary ISBN: 0130796670 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 12 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $54.99 |
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Title: Java Development With Ant by Erik Hatcher, Steve Loughran ISBN: 1930110588 Publisher: Manning Publications Company Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: Effective Java Programming Language Guide by Joshua Bloch ISBN: 0201310058 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 05 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Eclipse in Action: A Guide for the Java Developer by David Gallardo, Ed Burnette, Robert McGovern ISBN: 1930110960 Publisher: Manning Publications Company Pub. Date: 15 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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