false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173497582m/298113.jpg 298113 1 Java just keeps growing, adding features, functionality, complexity, and tempting developers to growl with frustration. The new 1.4 release of Java 2 Standard edition increases the size of the platform by 50%, to 2757 classes in 135 packages. How are you going to figure out what this means for your applications? As always, <i>Java in a Nutshell</i> has the answers. The new 4th edition still contains an accelerated introduction to the Java programming language and its key APIs so you can start writing code right away. And with more than 250 new pages, author David Flanagan quickly brings you up to speed on new features that come with version 1.4:<ul><li type="disc">High-performance NIO API </li><li type="disc">Support for pattern matching with regular expressions </li><li type="disc">A logging API </li><li type="disc">A user preferences API </li><li type="disc">New Collections classes </li><li type="disc">An XML-based persistence mechanism for Java Beans </li><li type="disc">Support for XML parsing using both the DOM and SAX APIs </li><li type="disc">User authentication with the JAAS API </li><li type="disc">Support for secure network connections using the SSL protocol </li><li type="disc">Support for cryptography </li></ul>The book contains O'Reilly's classic quick-reference for all the classes in the essential Java packages, so you can dive in and find what you need to make the new 1.4 version work for you. For as long as Java developers have existed, <i>Java in a Nutshell</i> has been ready, willing and able to take you right to the heart of the program, turning those frustrated grrrrss into purrrss of satisfaction. No wonder readers of Java Developer's Journal voted this the "Best Java Book" the past two years in a row! 289228 3 2002 Java in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition total:3|3:1|2:2| 3 7 14 0 0 0 false false Thu Nov 19 05:12:57 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 05:12:57 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 18 08:22:53 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 08:22:53 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 16 19:41:11 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 19:41:11 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Wed Aug 19 12:10:09 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 12:10:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 06 12:49:30 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 12:49:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Mar 22 11:02:14 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 11:02:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Mar 16 17:25:13 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 17:25:13 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Feb 07 20:18:19 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 20:18:19 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Dec 10 18:05:33 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 18:05:33 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Oct 05 18:09:38 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 18:09:38 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Aug 10 17:30:17 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 17:30:17 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Mar 21 12:09:26 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 12:09:26 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Feb 18 20:52:52 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 20:52:52 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Apr 08 10:50:10 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 08 10:50:10 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=298113