The Little Book of Java Programming

The fastest, easiest way to learn to program in Java. This book will teach you to program the Java language from the ground up. You will learn about Object Orientation, classes, methods, generic lists and dictionaries, file operations, serialization and exception-handling, creating commandline and 'visual' form-based applications. Whether you are a new programmer or an experienced programmer who wants to learn the Java language quickly and easily, this is the book for you! You can download the source code ready to run at the commandline or load into an IDE (the free NetBeans IDE is recommended).
This book explains..

Fundamentals of Java

Object Orientation

Classes and Class Hierarchies

Variables, Types, Constants

Operators & Tests

Methods & Arguments

Constructors

Access Modifiers

Arrays & Strings

Loops & Conditions

Files & Directories

structs & enums

Overloaded and overridden methods

Exception-handling

Lists & Generics

Streams & Serialization

…and much more

Huw Collingbourne has been a programmer for more than 30 years. He is an online programming instructor who has taught tens of thousands of students to code in languages such as Java, C, C#, Object Pascal and Ruby. He was the Java columnist for PC Plus magazine has written programming columns for numerous computer magazines. He is Technical Director of the independent development company, SapphireSteel Software. He is the author of a number of programming books including The Little Book Of C, The Little Book Of Pointers, The Little Book of Recursion and The Little Java Book Of Adventure Game Programming.
The Little Book Of Java gives you just the stuff you really need to get straight to the heart of Java programming without all the fluff and padding.