Awt
Java AWT Reference (Java Series)
Format: Paperback
Author: John Zukowski
ReleaseDate: April, 1997
Publisher: O'Reilly
Rating:
Disappointing and out of date 
1. The most disappointing addition to an otherwise fine O'Reilly Java series.1 AWT is only hinted at. Neither a good reference nor a good tutorial. A shame since there are few good value added AWT references. For now I'll wait for the next crop of JFC/Swing books. First book I've returned in years.
Not bad, but not 1.1 
What really bothers me about it is that even though it advertises itself as being "1. The book is well organized and has lots of useful information in it.1" many of the examples are in fact in 1. 0. They have a small disclaimer that says that new features have examples in 1. 1 and while old features are in 1. 0. Can you say lazy?.
twice as long as it should be 
The first 519 pages do a wonderful job covering all aspects of the AWT with fine explanations and concise examples. This book is 1045 pages long and has a split personality. It's even peppered with helpful diagrams to explain the example code further.
Unfortunately, the last half of the book leaves a lot to be desired. It's ALL reference material virtually airlifted from Java in a Nutshell. It does give a little more detail than Nutshell, but not by much. If this book had been cut in half (and reduced in price accordingly), it would be a perfect AWT book. I just hope the upcoming O'Reilly Swing book doesn't have the same waste of space.
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