Java Developer's Resource shows you how to write full-featured, dynamic, graphical, interactive Java applets and applications, even if you don't have experience with other object-oriented languages. Starting with the simplest "hello world" applications, you'll learn about Java variables, arrays, loops, flow control, and graphics, as well as advanced language features such as file I/O and streams.

Java Developer's Resource: A Tutorial and On-Line Supplement (Resource Series)

Computers & Technology

Harold, Elliotte Rusty

Programming Languages

Prentice Hall PTR

-- Author is uniquely qualified to write this book! He is the author of numerous well-received books on Java and has written two of the best-selling books on XML. This is the book that brings his skills together.
-- Harold has a fantastic reputation, is a skilled writer, and has excellent publicity channels.
-- A complete guide to writing Java programs that read and write XML documents.
Java is the ideal language for processing XML documents. Consequently, more XML tools have been written in Java than in any other language. More open source XML tools are written in Java than in any other language. Processing XML with Java fills an immediate need for developers who are working with XML in Java. It is a comprehensive tutorial and reference to the major APIs. This book shows developers how to: save XML documents from their applications written in Java; read XML documents produced by other programs; communicate with network servers that send and receive XML data; validate documents they receive against DTDs, schemas, and business rules; and integrate XSLT into their programs.

Processing XML with Java¿: A Guide to SAX, DOM, JDOM, JAXP, and TrAX (2 Volume Set)

Web Development & Design

Addison-Wesley Professional

The author teaches programmers how to use XML effectively and produce better code. Harold explains the critical rules of thumb employed by the experts to get the most out of XML and provides 50 ways to use XML to produce code that is extensible, legible and maintainable.

Effective Xml: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Xml

Like any other software system, Web sites gradually accumulate “cruft” over time. They slow down. Links break. Security and compatibility problems mysteriously appear. New features don’t integrate seamlessly. Things just don’t work as well. In an ideal world, you’d rebuild from scratch. But you can’t: there’s no time or money for that. Fortunately, there’s a solution: You can refactor your Web code using easy, proven techniques, tools, and recipes adapted from the world of software development.  In  Refactoring HTML,  Elliotte Rusty Harold explains how to use refactoring to improve virtually any Web site or application. Writing for programmers and non-programmers alike, Harold shows how to refactor for better reliability, performance, usability, security, accessibility, compatibility, and even search engine placement. Step by step, he shows how to migrate obsolete code to today’s stable Web standards, including XHTML, CSS, and REST—and eliminate chronic problems like presentation-based markup, stateful applications, and “tag soup.”  The book’s extensive catalog of detailed refactorings and practical “recipes for success” are organized to help you find specific solutions fast, and get maximum benefit for minimum effort. Using this book, you can quickly improve site performance now—and make your site far easier to enhance, maintain, and scale for years to come. Topics covered include •    Recognizing the “smells” of Web code that should be refactored•    Transforming old HTML into well-formed, valid XHTML, one step at a time•    Modernizing existing layouts with CSS•    Updating old Web applications: replacing POST with GET, replacing old contact forms, and refactoring JavaScript•    Systematically refactoring content and links•    Restructuring sites without changing the URLs your users rely upon This book will be an indispensable resource for Web designers, developers, project managers, and anyone who maintains or updates existing sites. It will be especially helpful to Web professionals who learned HTML years ago, and want to refresh their knowledge with today’s standards-compliant best practices. This book will be an indispensable resource for Web designers, developers, project managers, and anyone who maintains or updates existing sites. It will be especially helpful to Web professionals who learned HTML years ago, and want to refresh their knowledge with today’s standards-compliant best practices.

Refactoring HTML: Improving the Design of Existing Web Applications (Addison-Wesley Signature)

XML, the Extensible Markup Language, is a W3C endorsed standard for document markup. Because of its ability to deliver portable data, XML is positioned to be a key web application technology.Given the complexity and incredible potential of this powerful markup language, it is clear that every serious developer using XML for data or text formatting and transformation will need a comprehensive, easy-to- access desktop reference in order to take advantage of XML's full potential. XML in a Nutshell will assist developers in formatting files and data structures correctly for use in XML documents.XML defines a basic syntax used to mark up data with simple, human-readable tags, and provides a standard format for computer documents. This format is flexible enough to be customized for transforming data between applications as diverse as web sites, electronic data inter-change, voice mail systems, and wireless devices, to name a few.Developers can either write their own programs that interact with, massage, and manipulate the data in XML documents, or they can use off-the-shelf software like web browsers and text editors to work with XML documents. Either choice gives them access to a wide range of free libraries in a variety of languages that can read and write XML.The XML specification defines the exact syntax this markup must follow: how elements are delimited by tags, what a tag looks like, what names are acceptable for elements, where attributes are placed, and so forth. XML doesn't have a fixed set of tags and elements that are supposed to work for everybody in all areas of interest for all time. It allows developers and writers to define the elements they need as they need them.Although XML is quite flexible in the elements it allows to be defined, it is quite strict in many other respects. XML in a Nutshell covers the fundamental rules that all XML documents and authors must adhere to, detailing the grammar that specifies where tags may be placed, what they must look like, which element names are legal, how attributes attach to elements, and much more.

XML in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference

Means, W. Scott

O'Reilly Media

This powerful new edition provides developers with a comprehensive guide to the rapidly evolving XML space. Serious users of XML will find topics on just about everything they need, from fundamental syntax rules, to details of DTD and XML Schema creation, to XSLT transformations, to APIs used for processing XML documents. Simply put, this is the only reference of its kind among XML books.Whether you're a Web designer using SVG to add vector graphics to web pages, or a C++ programmer using SOAP to serialize objects into a remote database, XML in a Nutshell thoroughly explains the basic rules that all XML documents -- and all XML document creators -- must adhere to, including:
<ul>
<li>Essentials of the core XML standards: With this book, you can develop an understanding of well-formed XML, DTDs, namespaces, Unicode, and W3C XML Schema quickly.</li>
<li>Key technologies used mainly for narrative XML documents such as web pages, books, and articles: You'll gain a working knowledge of XSLT, Xpath, Xlink, Xpointer, CSS, and XSL-FO.</li>
<li>Technologies for building data-intensive XML applications, and for processing XML documents of any kind: One of the most unexpected developments in XML has been its enthusiastic adoption for structured documents used for storing, and exchanging used by a wide variety of programs. This book will help you understand the tools and APIs needed to write software that processes XML, including the event-based Simple API for XML (SAX2) and the tree-oriented Document Object Model (DOM).</li>
</ul>Quick-reference chapters also detail syntax rules and usage examples for the core XML technologies, including XML, DTDs, Xpath, XSLT, SAX, and DOM. If you need explanation of how a technology works, or just need to quickly find the precise syntax for a particular piece, this up-to-date edition is ready with the information.XML in a Nutshell is an essential guide for developers who need to create XML-based file formats and data structures for use in XML documents. This is one book you'll want to close at hand as you delve into XML.

The new third edition of this highly regarded introduction to Java networking programming has been thoroughly revised to cover all of the 100+ significant updates to Java Developers Kit (JDK) 1.5. It is a clear, complete introduction to developing network programs (both applets and applications) using Java, covering everything from networking fundamentals to remote method invocation (RMI).Java Network Programming, 3rd Edition includes chapters on TCP and UDP sockets, multicasting protocol and content handlers, servlets, multithreaded network programming, I/O, HTML parsing and display, the Java Mail API, and the Java Secure Sockets Extension. There's also significant information on the New I/O API that was developed in large part because of the needs of network programmers.This invaluable book is a complete, single source guide to writing sophisticated network applications. Packed with useful examples, it is the essential resource for any serious Java developer.

Java Network Programming, Third Edition

Certification

O'Reilly & Associates

If you're a developer working with Xml, you know there's a lot to know about Xml, and the Xml space is evolving almost moment by moment. But you don't need to commit every Xml syntax, Api, or Xslt transformation to memory; you only need to know where to find it. And if it's a detail that has to do with Xml or its companion standards, you'll find it-clear, concise, useful, and well-organized-in the updated third edition of Xml in a Nutshell. With Xml in a Nutshell beside your keyboard, you'll be able to: Quick-reference syntax rules and usage examples for the core Xml technologies, including Xml, Dtds, Xpath, Xslt, Sax, and Dom Develop an understanding of well-formed Xml, Dtds, namespaces, Unicode, and W3C Xml Schema Gain a working knowledge of key technologies used for narrative Xml documents such as web pages, books, and articles technologies like Xslt, Xpath, Xlink, Xpointer, Css, and Xsl-Fo Build data-intensive Xml applications Understand the tools and Apis necessary to build data-intensive Xml applications and process Xml documents, including the event-based Simple Api for Xml (Sax2) and the tree-oriented Document Object Model (Dom) This powerful new edition is the comprehensive Xml reference. Serious users of Xml will find coverage on just about everything they need, from fundamental syntax rules, to details of Dtd and Xml Schema creation, to Xslt transformations, to Apis used for processing Xml documents. Xml in a Nutshell also covers Xml 1.1, as well as updates to Sax2 and Dom Level 3 coverage. If you need explanation of how a technology works, or just need to quickly find the precise syntax for a particular piece, Xml in a Nutshell puts the information at your fingertips. Simply put, Xml in a Nutshell is the critical, must-have reference for any Xml developer.

All of Java's Input/Output (I/O) facilities are based on streams, which provide simple ways to read and write data of different types. Java provides many different kinds of streams, each with its own application. The universe of streams is divided into four largecategories: input streams and output streams, for reading and writing binary data; and readers and writers, for reading and writing textual (character) data. You're almost certainly familiar with the basic kinds of streams--but did you know that there's a CipherInputStream for reading encrypted data? And a ZipOutputStream for automaticallycompressing data? Do you know how to use buffered streams effectively to make your I/O operations more efficient? Java I/O, 2nd Edition has been updated for Java 5.0 APIs and tells you all you ever need to know about streams--and probably more. A discussion of I/O wouldn't be complete without treatment of character sets and formatting. Java supports the Unicode standard, which provides definitions for the character sets of most written languages. Consequently, Java is the first programming language that lets you do I/O in virtually any language. Java also provides a sophisticated model for formatting textual and numeric data. Java I/O, 2nd Edition shows you how to control number formatting, use characters aside from the standard (but outdated) ASCII character set, and get a head start on writing truly multilingual software. Java I/O, 2nd Edition includes: <ul>
<li>Coverage of all I/O classes and related classes</li>
<li>In-depth coverage of Java's number formatting facilities and its support for international character sets</li>
</ul>

Java I/O: Tips and Techniques for Putting I/O to Work

Networking & Cloud Computing

A multi-author collection of eighteen original superhero tales ranging from the dark to the hysterical to the downright bizarre. “And Introducing the Scarlet Scrapper” by Leonard Apa: A Golden Age tale of an actor who hates playing a superhero on the radio but discovers a new role awaiting him. “Sovereign’s Last Hurrah” David Court: In a retirement home, elderly supervillains scheme to return an item of power to their greatest enemy. “RIGHTMAN! Loses the Faith” Gary Cuba: Being a superhero is what you make of it, and what you can make from it. “Dax and the Red Eyes” Adrienne Dellwo: Dax's disability prevents him from telling anyone about his brother using powers to hurt people. “Dum Dum” Leod D. Fitz: Some supervillains are geniuses, and others are simply well-trained. “Light Therapy” Che Gilson: Being a sidekick is a thankless job. “Pinning Portugal” Elliotte Rusty Harold: A group of supervillains hatches a new scheme that naturally goes awry. “When Fukayna Danced Her Libraries” Jake Johnson: Eventually even superheroes need to step away from the job. “Super Frenemies” Stephen Kotowych: A group of super-powered children take on the neighborhood bully with surprising results. “The Faces of the Wind” Laura Lamoreaux: After World War II, the country no longer needed superheroes, leaving the heroes with difficult decisions. “Capacity Crowds” Paul McMahon: He wants to be a real superhero, but can't seem to find a villain to match him. “Heart of the Matter” Robert J. Mendenhall: Cameron's powers are preventing the medical treatment that may save his life. “Ebony Boneshaft, Secret Superhero” Wendy Qualls: She didn't mean to discover Ebony Boneshaft's secret identity, and when she did, it caused no end of trouble for her. “Eye of the Beholder” Dave Ring: Being seen as the object of everyone's desire is a poor way to live life. “I Am Hathor” Aaron Michael Ritchey &amp; Jason Henry Evans: Balancing superheroics and motherhood is a difficult dance for Hathor. “The Romulus Proposition” Tim Rohr: When the mighty have fallen, it's probably because they were pushed. “Saul, Again” Eric Rosenfield: A time traveler takes a circuitous, long-term approach to facing a dangerous villain. “Damn the Dark, Damn the Light” K. H. Vaughan: There's a fine line between heroism and nihilism and sooner or later everyone crosses it.

Caped: An Anthology of Superhero Tales

Literature & Fiction

Johnson, Jake

Healy, Ian Thomas

Court, David

Gilson, Che'

Dellwo, Adrienne

Fitz, Leod D.

Cuba, Gary

Apa, Leonard

Short Stories & Anthologies

Local Hero Press

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Java Developer's Resource: A Tutorial and On-Line Supplement (Resource Series)

Processing XML with Java¿: A Guide to SAX, DOM, JDOM, JAXP, and TrAX (2 Volume Set)

Effective Xml: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Xml

Refactoring HTML: Improving the Design of Existing Web Applications (Addison-Wesley Signature)

XML in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference

XML in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference

Java Network Programming, Third Edition

XML in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference

Java I/O: Tips and Techniques for Putting I/O to Work

Caped: An Anthology of Superhero Tales