Awt

Graphic Java 1.1: Mastering the AWT

Format: Paperback
Author: David M. Geary
ReleaseDate: July, 1997
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Rating:

not the in-depth tome that I expected
I was mistaken. Having read the reviews, I expected a lot of deep information. It is not a bad book, but if it stands out, it is mostly because the majority of Java authors figure that publishing a poorly documented API is adequate. I'd call this an intermediate level book.

It lacks a permuted index, which is a must for a book like this. A lot of the nitty-gritty information is presented as an aside to demonstrating the examples instead of a well thoughout discussion. Some of these are in the index and some are not.

If you're looking for thorough discussions of the AWT architecture, keep looking. If you're looking for a good discussion of how to use layouts, this might be the book for you.

This is the best 1.1 compliant, AWT reference around!
1: Mastering the AWT is the best book that I've come accross, so far, for AWT programming. Graphic Java 1. The book is a little advanced, new Java programmers may find this to be a little difficult. However, at the same time, the book also clearly teaches the new 1. 1 event handling model. This is an excellent book for anyone who needs to do Windows programming with Java.

Very good, if you're good too
Yes I have it, read it and like it. It helped quite a bit, but the book will get deep quick with not a lot of explanation of how it got there.