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Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days, Eighth Edition

Teach Yourself Java in 24 Hours, Eighth Edition

Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours

Special Thanks

Dedication

To Rita Craker (a.k.a. "Nana") and Mary Cadenhead (a.k.a. "Mimi"). Everyone should have grandmothers as loving, supportive, and fun to be around as these two. I love them dearly, even though they didn't get me the pony I really, really wanted when I was five. -- Rogers

Acknowledgements

Thanks to the people at Sams Publishing who contributed so much to the book, including Trish Barker, Arlene Brown, Jerome Colburn, Mike Kopp, Jessica Matthews, Scott Meyers, Matt Purcell, John Purdum, Katie Purdum, Molly Redenbaugh, and Mark Taber. Thanks to the people at the Studio B agency who represent me, including David and Sherry Rogelberg, Neil Salkind, and Jessica Richardson. Thanks to my coauthor Laura Lemay, whose books helped inspire me to start writing for Sams in 1996. And thanks to my wife Mary Moewe and my sons, Max, Eli, and Sam, who make me happier than a first-generation American immigrant at the end of a Frank Capra movie who is in such a state of bliss that he must express his feelings in song.

Reader Acknowledgements

I'd also like to thank readers who have sent helpful comments about corrections, typos, and suggested improvements regarding this book and its prior editions. The list includes, but is probably not limited to, the following people: Dave Barton, Patrick Benson, Ian Burton, Lawrence Chang, Jim DeVries, Ryan Esposto, Kim Farr, Sam Fitzpatrick, Bruce Franz, Owen Gailar, Rich Getz, Bob Griesemer, Jenny Guriel, Brenda Henry-Sewell, Ben Hensley, Jon Hereng, Drew Huber, John R Jackson, Bleu Jaegel, Natalie Kehr, Mark Lehner, Stephen Loscialpo, Brad Kaenel, Chris McGuire, Paul Niedenzu, E.J. O'Brien, Chip Pursell, Pranay Rajgarhia, Peter Riedlberger, Darrell Roberts, Luke Shulenburger, Mike Tomsic, John Walker, Joseph Walsh, Mark Weiss, P.C. Whidden, Chen Yan, Kyu Hwang Yeon, and J-F. Zurcher.