Table of Contents

• Part I: Getting Started
  • 1 Becoming a Programmer
  • 2 Writing Your First Program
  • 3 Vacationing in Java
  • 4 Understanding How Java Programs Work

   

• Part II: Learning the Basics of Programming
  • 5 Storing and Changing Information in a Program
  • 6 Using Strings to Communicate
  • 7 Using Conditional Tests to Make Decisions
  • 8 Repeating an Action with Loops

   

• Part III: Moving Into Advanced Topics
  • 9 Storing Information with Arrays
  • 10 Creating Your First Object
  • 11 Describing What Your Object Is Like
  • 12 Making the Most of Existing Objects

   

• Part IV: Creating Applets for the World Wide Web
  • 13 Learning How Applets Work
  • 14 Creating a Threaded Applet
  • 15 Playing Sound in an Applet
  • 16 Using Fonts and Color in Applets

   

• Part V: Improving the Look of Your Programs
  • 17 Working with 2D Graphics
  • 18 Creating Animation
  • 19 Building a Simple User Interface with Swing
  • 20 Responding to User Events with Swing

   

• Part VI: Putting Your Programming Skills to Work
  • 21 Playing Games with Java
  • 22 Writing a Game for the Web
  • 23 Spicing Up a Web Page
  • 24 Making Your Knowledge Add Up

   

• Part VII: Appendices
  • A Where to Go from Here: Java Resources
  • B This Book's Web Site
  • C Configuring the Java Development Kit
  • Glossary
  • Index