The eighth edition of Core Java™, Volume I–Fundamentals, is the definitive, practical guide to Java for serious programmers who want to put Java to work on real projects.



Fully updated throughout for the new Java 6 platform, this no-nonsense tutorial and reliable reference illuminates the most important language and library features with thoroughly tested real-world examples. The example programs have been carefully crafted for simplicity, but they aren’t fake, and they never cut corners–so you can rely on them as an outstanding starting point for your own code.