Java after hours: 10 projects you'll never do at work

736 Pages·2005·5.11 MB·English

by  Steven Holzner

Java™ After Hours: 10 Projects You'll Never Do at
Work
By Steven Holzner
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Publisher: Sams Publishing
Pub Date: June 08, 2005
ISBN: 0-672-32747-3
Pages: 336

Table of Contents | Index
Take your Java programming skills beyond the ordinary. Java After Hours: 10 Projects You'll Never Do
at Work will make Java your playground with ten detailed projects that will have you exploring the
various fields that Java offers to build exciting new programs. You'll learn to:
Create graphics interactively on Web servers
Send images to Web browsers
Tinker with Java's Swing package to make it do seemingly impossible things
Search websites and send e-mail from Java programs
Use multithreading, Ant and more!
Increase your Java arsenal by taking control of Java and explore its possibilities with Java After Hours.
Java™ After Hours: 10 Projects You'll Never Do at
Work
By
Steven Holzner
...............................................
Publisher: Sams Publishing
Pub Date: June 08, 2005
ISBN: 0-672-32747-3
Pages: 336

Table of Contents | Index
Copyright
About the Author
Acknowledgments
We Want to Hear from You!
Introduction
Why Is This Book Unique?

Who Is This Book For?

About the Book's Code

Conventions Used in This Book

Chapter 1.

Making Fish Swim in the Multithreaded Aquarium
Building the Aquarium

Loading the Fish
Moving Those Fish

Double-Buffering the Drawing

Creating the Fish

Making the Fish Swim

Drawing the Fish

Conclusion

Chapter 2.

Slapshot! The Interactive Hockey Game
Creating the Rink

Starting a Game

Moving Those Pucks

Getting the Pucks to Bounce Off Each Other

How the Computer Blocks Pucks

How the User Blocks Pucks

Setting the Speed

Creating the Pucks

Conclusion

Chapter 3.

The Graphicizer Image-Editing and Conversion Tool
Creating the Graphicizer Window

Opening an Image File

Painting the Image
Saving an Image File

Embossing an Image

Sharpening an Image

Brightening an Image

Blurring an Image

Reducing an Image

Undoing a Change

Conclusion

Chapter 4.

Creating Stunning Graphics with Painter
Creating the Painter Window

Handling Menu Selections

Handling the Mouse

Drawing Some Graphics

Drawing Lines

Drawing Ellipses

Drawing Rectangles

Drawing Rounded Rectangles

Drawing Freehand

Drawing Text

Drawing the Final Image

Setting Colors
Conclusion

Chapter 5.

Chatting on the Internet with the Chat Room
Creating the Chat HTML Page

Creating JSP Pages

Getting the Tomcat Web Server

Using Some Java in JSP

Reading Data from HTML Controls in JSP

Using Request Objects

Using the Session and Application Objects

Creating a Hit Counter Using Sessions

Creating a Hit Counter Using Applications

Displaying the Current User Comments

Storing New Comments

Conclusion

Chapter 6.

Who's There? Logging Access to Your Website with WebLogger
All About Filters

Creating a Simple Filter

Restricting Access Based on Time of Day

Restricting Access Based on Password
Creating WebLogger

Conclusion

Chapter 7.

Running Any Program Via Remote Control with the Robot
Running the Robot

Creating the Robot's Window

Reading the Robot's Commands

Executing Commands

Making the Robot Reappear

Conclusion

Chapter 8.

Creating a Custom Web Browser in Java: The Browser Project
Introducing the SWT

Getting the SWT

Creating an SWT Application

Working with SWT Events

Using SWT Toolbars

Creating the Browser Project

Conclusion

Chapter 9.
Typing Across the Internet: The Intercom Project
Using the Intercom

Creating Intercom 1

Creating Intercom 2

Conclusion

Chapter 10.

Getting a Graphical Weather Forecast: The Forecaster Project
Creating the Forecaster JSP

Creating the Desktop Version

Conclusion

Index
Copyright
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First Printing: June 2005
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