To the Reader The book you have in your hands is the second volume of the seventh edition of Core Java 2. The first volume covers the essential features of the language; this volume covers the advance ....more

JAVA AND LINUX Why another book on Java? Why a book on Java and Linux? Isn't Java a platform-independent system? Aren't there enough books on Java? Can't I learn everything I need to know from the Web ....more

Rapid J2EE Development Preface Three months, or you re dead! These were the opening words of the keynote speaker at a conference I attended over what now seems a long time ago. Three months, the speak ....more

The Eclipse platform continues to gain tremendous popularity as both a Java IDE and a Java platform for application programming. One of the core underpinnings of Eclipse is SWT, the Standard Widget To ....more

QuickTime Java (QJT) is a terrific multimedia toolkit, but it's also terrifying to the uninitiated. Java developers who need to add audio, video, or interactive media creation and playback to their ap ....more

Hibernate makes it far easier to build robust, high-performance database applications with Java. Now there's a practical, hands-on guide to using Hibernate's flexible, fast object/relational persisten ....more