BKCRJAV2.RVW   980621

"Core Java, Volume 2 - Advanced Features", Gary Cornell/Cay S.
Horstmann, 1997, 0-13-766965-8, U$39.95/C$56.00
%A   Gary Cornell 75720.1524@compuserve.com
%A   Cay S. Horstmann
%C   One Lake St., Upper Saddle River, NJ   07458
%D   1997
%G   0-13-766965-8
%I   Prentice Hall
%O   U$39.95/C$56.00 +1-201-236-7139 fax: +1-201-236-7131
%P   661 p. + CD-ROM
%S   Java Series
%T   "Core Java, Volume 2 - Advanced Features"

OK, volume 1 of this set is an introduction (cf. BKCRJAV1.RVW).  Is
this second volume still an intro?  Yes, it is, because there are
still a number of features left to introduce.  Is it necessary to get
this second volume if you have the first?  That depends upon how far
you want to go with Java.  Volume 1 gives you everything you need in
order to start working in the Java language.  However, there are a
number of advanced features in Java, and this second text gives you a
solid starting point for them, in the same manner and at the same
excellent level provided by the first.

The material covered in this tome covers input and output,
multithreading, networking, database connectivity and JDBC (Java
DataBase Connectivity kit), remote objects, advanced material on the
AWT (Abstract Window Toolkit), Java Beans, security,
internationalization, and native methods.

So, if you are really hot stuff, can you buy this book and forget the
first volume?  If you do not know Java at all, probably not.  On the
other hand, if you have started with some other Java introduction but
are not satisfied with its handling of more advanced topics, then
maybe you can.

copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996-98   BKCRJAV2.RVW   980621