Learn Java with Peter van der Linden's straight talk, interesting examples, and unique style. Written by the author of the bestselling Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets, this book conveys a sense of the enjoyment that lies in computer programming. The author strongly believes that programming should be challenging, exciting, and enjoyable, and that books about programming should be too.

Topics discussed include the Story of O - Object Oriented Programming; the Robot Ping-Pong Player; GIGO - Garbage In, Gospel Out; and Associativity and the "Coffeepot Property". Also included are more traditionally titled topics such as applications versus Applets; identifiers, comments, keywords, and operators; packages, classes, and interfaces; arrays, exceptions, and threads; and Java Libraries - networking and windowing.

Just Java is practical, understandable, and fun. Its CD-ROM includes Java sample code and applications, an anagram program, images, and the complete 1.0 release of the Java Developer's Kit (JDK) for Solaris, Windows 95 and Windows NT.