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Java Applets and Channels Without Programming Ronny Richardson, Michael Shoffner, Marq Singer, Bruce Murray, and Jack Gambol 1997 | 372 pages Includes CDROM ISBN: 1884777392 |
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$37.95 | Softbound print book | |
Preface
Unless you have spent the last year on another planet, you have heard about Java and Java applets, which give you incredible power over the appearance of your Web pages. They are so powerful and so useful that, in a short period of time, they have fired the imagination of millions of Webmasters and novice home page authors. In the process, literally thousands of Java applets have become available.If you are reading this in a bookstore or the book section of a computer store, look around and you will see dozens of books on programming in Java. However, the simple truth is that while many of us want to use the power of Java, most of us do not want to write Java programs-or scripts as they are commonly called. If you fit into that category, this book is for you!
Java Applets and Channels Without Programming is designed for readers who want to acquire and learn to use a collection of Java applets to improve the appearance of their Web pages without learning to program in Java. Anyone from the novice writing his or her first home page to a certified Webmaster who manages thousands of pages can benefit from this book. Even Java programmers will gain from seeing how others have tackled problems in Java.
Since Java applets are built into hypertext markup language (HTML) documents, you need to know some HTML in order to use this book; however, because Java applets are surprisingly easy to include, it is not necessary to be an expert in HTML.
Java Applets and Channels Without Programming and the accompanying CD give you some incredible tools for building your own Web pages. However, a tool kit is not enough! Throughout this book, we emphasize the design issues associated with using each of the applets, an approach that will help you understand where a particular Java applet is appropriate and where it is not.
We feel that this design-based approach is unique for computer books. Most Java books are written by programmers who rarely have a feel for design issues. However, our team included a design specialist to make sure that design issues are are properly adderssed.
In addition, Java Applets and Channels Without Programming includes a program you can use to control many Java applets. We call this program the Configurator. As you will see later in this book, this program gives you incredible power over Java applets along with unparalleled ease-of-use.
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DESCRIPTION
If you want to use Java to enhance your Web site, you have two choices: you can write the Java applet yourself or you can find an already written Java applet that meets your needs. If you prefer not to do the writing yourself, then Java Applets and Channels Without Programming is for you. It collects almost 100 applets on a CD with detailed instructions on how to use each applet. In addition, style issues are discussed in detail; not only will you learn how to use each applet, you will learn when and where it is appropriate to use each applet. The book also introduces the new concept of channels and shows how these can be used on your web site as well.
The CD-ROM also contains an exclusive applet configuration utility, a program that allows you to configure the Java applets on the CD-ROM in a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) environment. When using the utility to configure Java applets, you do not need to know any Java programming or even any HTML programming. All you do is change the value of a parameter and click on a button to see the resulting change to the applet. The applet configuration utility is written in Java and runs in your browser, so it runs on any computer platform for which there is a Java-enabled browser.
The CD-ROM also provides example web pages for more than 60 of the included applets, so you can learn how to use the applets in real-world situations.
What's inside:
- Easy introduction to Java
- How Java applets work with your HTML code
- Step-by-step instructions for using the applets on the CD-ROM
- Step-by-step instructions for using dozens of other applets freely available on the Web
The CD-ROM contains:
- Nearly a hundred ready-to-run Java applets, each with sample code
- The applet configuration utility
- Fully-realized example web pages for more than 60 applets
ABOUT THE AUTHORS...
Ronny Richardson is the author of twenty computer software books. Michael Shoffner is a software developer and co-author of Java Network Programming published by Manning Publications. Marq Singer is a computer science instructor and a Java developer and educator at Prominence Dot Com. Bruce Murray teaches at the University of Alabama and is an experience webmaster. Jack Gambol is a writer and designer of several successful entertainment-related sites.