Learning Java: an Introduction to Real-World Programming with Java

If you&'re new to Java&'or new to programming&'this best-selling book will guide you through the language features and APIs of Java 11. With fun, compelling, and realistic examples, authors Marc Loy, Patrick Niemeyer, and Daniel Leuck introduce you to Java fundamentals&'including its class libraries, programming techniques, and idioms&'with an eye toward building real applications. You&'ll learn powerful new ways to manage resources and exceptions in your applications&'along with core language features included in recent Java versions. Develop with Java, using the compiler, interpreter, and other toolsExplore Java&'s built-in thread facilities and concurrency packageLearn text processing and the powerful regular expressions APIWrite advanced networked or web-based applications and services.

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Intro -- Preface -- Who Should Read This Book -- New Developments -- New in This Edition (Java 11, 12, 13, 14) -- Using This Book -- Online Resources -- Conventions Used in This Book -- Using Code Examples -- O'Reilly Online Learning -- How to Contact Us -- Acknowledgments -- 1. A Modern Language -- Enter Java -- Java's Origins -- Growing Up -- A Virtual Machine -- Java Compared with Other Languages -- Safety of Design -- Simplify, Simplify, Simplify ... -- Type Safety and Method Binding -- Incremental Development -- Dynamic Memory Management -- Error Handling -- Threads -- Scalability

Safety of Implementation -- The Verifier -- Class Loaders -- Security Managers -- Application and User-Level Security -- A Java Road Map -- The Past: Java 1.0-Java 11 -- The Present: Java 14 -- Feature overview -- The Future -- Availability -- 2. A First Application -- Java Tools and Environment -- Installing the JDK -- Installing OpenJDK on Linux -- Installing OpenJDK on macOS -- Installing OpenJDK on Windows -- Configuring IntelliJ IDEA and Creating a Project -- Running the Project -- Grabbing the Learning Java Examples -- HelloJava -- Classes -- The main() Method -- Classes and Objects

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