KEY BENEFIT: The Deitels' groundbreaking How to Program series offers unparalleled breadth and depth of object-oriented programming concepts and intermediate-level topics for further study. This revision is current with the Java SE 6 revisions that have occurred since the book was last published.

KEY TOPICS: Introduction to Computers, the Internet and the Web; Introduction to Java Applications; Introduction to Classes and Objects; Control Statements: Part 1; Control Statements: Part 2; Methods: A Deeper Look; Arrays and Array Lists; Classes and Objects: A Deeper Look; Object-Oriented Programming: Inheritance; Object-Oriented Programming: Polymorphism; Exception Handling; (Optional) ATM Case Study, Part 1: Object-Oriented Design with the UML; (Optional) ATM Case Study, Part 2: Implementing an Object-Oriented Design; GUI Components: Part 1; Graphics and Java 2Dtrade; Strings, Characters and Regular Expressions; Files, Streams and Object Serialization; Recursion; Searching, Sorting and Big O; Generic Collections; Generics; Data Structures; Applets and Java Web Start; Multimedia: Applets and Applications; GUI Components: Part 2; Multithreading; Networking; Accessing Databases with JDBC; Web Applications: Part 1; Web Applications: Part 2; JAX-WS Web Services.

MARKET: A useful reference for programmers who need to brush up their Java skills.

"Beautiful collections of exercises–a nice illustration of how to use Java libraries to generate impressive and stimulating graphics with minimal code and effort. I found the “Making a Difference” exercises to be very nice and tactfully presented." – Amr Sabry, Indiana University

"I’m sure this ATM case study will be of immense value to practitioners and students of the object-oriented approach. Demystifies inheritance and polymorphism, and illustrates their use in getting elegant, simple and maintainable code." – Vinod Varma, Astra Infotech Private Limited

"A comprehensive introduction to programming in Java that covers all major areas of the platform. To me, the best way to understand programming is by example, and this book contains copious, well-described sample code." – Simon Ritter, Sun Microsystems