Part 1 Intro to Java; what Java can do for you; Java design; installing Java and getting started - JDK, Netscape, Explorer, HotJava features; JDK tools - Javac, Appletviewer, learning Java syntax; object-oriented programmes; HelloWorld! your first Java programmes; data types and other tokens; methods; using expressions; control flow - add a bigger example; classes - add additional inner classes discussion; interfaces; threads; writing an Applet; advanced Applet code; JAR; Applets versus applications; managing and installing applications. Part 2 User interfaces: components; events and exceptions; containers and layout managers; images; JFC; graphics; Java 2D; files, streams and java.io; using strings and text; using internationalization; communications and networking; TCP sockets; UDP sockets; java.net; Java security and using secure transmissions; object serialization; remote method invocation; management API. Part 3 Databases: databases introduced; JDBC; JDBC explored. Part 4 Component based development: Java beans; Java-COM integration; advanced media; Java media framework.

This work offers a tutorial/reference on Java 1.2 and contains descriptions of Sun's Java 1.2 standards, APIs, class libraries, and programming tools. It covers such third-party products as Microsoft's Java SDK 2.0, AFC, and RNI products. (Special edition using)