O'Reilly (5-2010) | PDF | 192 pages | 0596803737 | 5.2Mb

Java: The Good Parts /by Jim Waldo (Author) .What if you could condense Java down to its very best features and build better applications with that simpler version? In this book, veteran Sun Labs engineer Jim Waldo reveals which parts of Java are most useful, and why those features make Java among the best programming languages available. Every language eventually builds up crud, Java included.

The core language has become increasingly large and complex, and the libraries associated with it have grown even more. Learn how to take advantage of Java's best features by working with an example application throughout the book. You may not like some of the features Jim Waldo considers good, but they'll actually help you write better code.
* Learn how the type system and packages help you build large-scale software
* Use exceptions to make code more reliable and easier to maintain
* Manage memory automatically with garbage collection
* Discover how the JVM provides portability, security, and nearly bug-free code
* Use Javadoc to embed documentation within the code
* Take advantage of reusable data structures in the collections library
* Use Java RMI to move code and data in a distributed network
* Learn how Java concurrency constructs let you exploit multicore processors

Prentice Hall (12-2006) | PDF | 632 pages | 0130351180 | 5.65Mb

Computer Graphics Using Java 2D and 3D /by Hong Zhang (Author), Y. Daniel Liang (Author) .This Java handbook makes a practical tutorial on Java 2D and Java 3D for computer professionals. It contains in-depth coverage of basic computer graphics concepts and techniques, and introduces advanced graphic features to an audience mostly trained in the Java language. Chapter topics include mathematical background for computer graphics, .geometric transformation, views, lighting and texturing, behavior and interaction, and animation. For computer programmers and engineers, data analysts, graphic designers/animators, and game developers.

Apress (9-2005) | PDF | 664 pages | 1590595203 | 5.27Mb

JDBC Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach /by Mahmoud Parsian (Author) .JDBC Recipes provides easy-to-implement, usable solutions to problems in relational databases that use JDBC. You will be able to integrate these solutions into your web-based applications, such as Java servlets, JavaServer Pages, and Java server-side frameworks.This handy book allows you to cut and paste the solutions without any code changes. This book focuses on topics that have been ignored in most other JDBC books, such as database and result set metadata. It will help you develop database solutions, like adapters, connectors, and frameworks using Java/JDBC. The insightful solutions will enable you to handle all data types, including large binary objects. A unique feature of the book is that it presents JDBC solutions (result sets) in XML.

Manning-MEAP/ed (6-2010) | PDF | 300 pages | 1933988797 | 5.0Mb

Flex on Java /by BJ Allmon (Author), Jeremy Anderson (Author) .Unlike many Flex books that presume readers want to develop applications from scratch, Flex on Java is for developers in the real world-where Flex is one more technology being added to existing systems developed in Java, and where integration is the key indicator of success.Written for Java developers beginning to use Flex, Flex on Java shows how to use Flex alongside existing Java applications, and how to integrate Flex using familiar server-side technologies such as Spring, EJBs, JMS, and more. The authors, both Agile development experts, focus on Agile and test-driven development to enable readers to redesign applications that deliver more value and with zero defects. Throughout the book, readers will apply these techniques to refactoring a single application into a rich internet application using Flex and the BlazeDS framework.

Manning-MEAP/ed (5-2010) | PDF | 500 pages | 1933988789 | 5.0Mb

Erlang and OTP in Action /by Martin Logan (Author), Eric Merritt (Author), Richard Carlsson (Author) .Concurrent programming has become a required discipline for all programmers. Multi-core processors and the increasing demand for maximum performance and scalability in mission-critical applications have renewed interest in functional languages like Erlang that are designed to handle concurrent programming. Erlang, and the OTP platform, make it possible to deliver more robust applications that satisfy rigorous uptime and performance requirements. Erlang and OTP in Action teaches you to apply Erlang's message passing model for concurrent programming--a completely different way of tackling the problem of parallel programming from the more common multi-threaded approach.