Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 208 pages
- Published by: Engineering Mechanics Technology April 15, 2000
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0967946905
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0967946900
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Book Dimensions:
11 x 8.2 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 1.4 pounds
Book Description
This book is for anyone who knows C, Fortran, Cobol, Pascal or Visual Basic and wants to quickly learn Java.
When trying to learn a new programming language like Java you will often say to yourself "Gee, I know how to do that in Pascal", or whatever language you are currently fluent in, "but I wish I knew how to do that in Java". This book is an answer to that wish. If you know how to accomplish a task in knows C, Fortran, Cobol, Pascal or Visual Basic you can look that construct up in the book, and study the solution until you understand the way it works; then, look to the right to find the equivalent construct in Java. By comparing the two and studying any notes that may be included, you should be able to make any changes necessary to adapt the construct to your particular needs.
The book is setup like a dictionary but is much more than a dictionary. Like a dictionary it helps you with the translation of words (syntax), in addition, it also tells you how you build "sentences" in various
programming languages.
Publisher Description
Th book also contains a CD with the following contents:
JDK 1.2.2
JDK Documentation
TextPad Editor
Adobe Acrobat Reader
IBM VisualAge for Java Entry Edition
Thinking in Java, First Edition by Bruce Eckel
Thinking in Java, Second Edition by Bruce Eckel
Java Coding Conventions Document
Java Language Environment White Paper
Source Code for the book
Reader Reviews
I found this book an interesting attempt to teach the Java language to those developers who know C, COBOL, Fortran, Pascal, and Visual Basic. With little text to explain anything, what you find is a guide that shows how to do 50 things in six different languages. So, if you are trying to go from say COBOL or FORTRAN to Java, 80% of the book is of no use, as that percent of the book shows you how to do things in the "other" languages. While I can't vouch for the code in the languages other than Java, the Java code looks to be well written and correct. You'll find examples of doing things like getting the date, working with math functions, or dealing with arrays. The way I see the book is if you are trying to translate code from another language, this book would help as a guide. If you don't know Java, you'll pick up some syntax but you'll need to get another book if your overall goal is to learn how to program in Java. The CD is full of some nice things, but you can pick them up for free off the web. Its funny that if you want to learn Java, you're better off with the free copy of Thinking in Java from the CD.
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