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/ Java: A Beginner’s Guide, Sixth Edition / Herbert Schildt / 925-2 /
Front Matter
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Java
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A Beginner’s Guide
Sixth Edition
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About the Author
Best-selling author
Herbert Schildt has
written extensively
about programming for nearly three decades and is a leading
authority on the Java language. His books have sold millions
of copies worldwide and have been translated into all major
foreign languages. He is the
author of numerous books on
Java, including
Java: The Complete Reference, Herb Schildt’s
Java Programming Cookbook,
and
Swing: A Beginner’s
Guide
. He has also written extensively about C, C++, and C#.
Although interested
in all facets of computing, his primary
focus is computer languages, including compilers,
interpreters,
and robotic control languages. He also has an active interest in
the standardization of languages. Schildt holds both graduate
and undergraduate degrees from the University of Illinois. He
can be reached at his consulting office at (217) 586-4683. His
website is
www.HerbSchildt.com.
About the Technical Reviewer
Dr. Danny Coward has worked on all editions of the Java
platform. He led the definition of Java Servlets into the first
version of the Java EE platform and beyond,
web services
into the Java ME platform, and the strategy and planning for
Java SE 7. He founded JavaFX technology and,
most recently,
designed the largest addition to the Java EE 7 standard, the
Java WebSocket API. From coding in Java, to designing
APIs
with industry experts, to serving for several years as an
executive to the Java Community Process, he has a uniquely
broad perspective into multiple aspects of Java technology.
Additionally,
he is the author of JavaWebSocket Programming
and an upcoming book on Java EE. Dr. Coward holds a
bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate in mathematics from the
University of Oxford.
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