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About the Author

Acknowledgments

Reader Acknowledgments

We Want to Hear from You!

Reader Services

Introduction

Hour 1. Becoming a Programmer

Hour 2. Writing Your First Program

Hour 3. Vacationing in Java

Hour 4. Understanding How Java Programs Work

Hour 5. Storing and Changing Information in a Program

Hour 6. Using Strings to Communicate

Hour 7. Using Conditional Tests to Make Decisions

Hour 8. Repeating an Action with Loops

Hour 9. Storing Information with Arrays

Hour 10. Creating Your First Object

Hour 11. Describing What Your Object Is Like

Hour 12. Making the Most of Existing Objects

Hour 13. Building a Simple User Interface

Hour 14. Laying Out a User Interface

Hour 15. Responding to User Input

Hour 16. Building a Complex User Interface

Hour 17. Creating Interactive Web Programs

Hour 18. Handling Errors in a Program

Hour 19. Creating a Threaded Program

Threads

Working with Threads

Starting with init()

Catching Errors as You Set Up URLs

Handling Screen Updates in the paint() Method

Starting the Thread

Handling Mouse Clicks

Workshop: Revolving Links

Hour 20. Reading and Writing Files

Hour 21. Reading and Writing XML Data

Hour 22. Creating Web Services with JAX-WS

Hour 23. Working with Graphics

Hour 24. Creating a Browser Game

Appx. A. Using the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment

Appx. B. Where to Go from Here: Java Resources

Appx. C. This Book’s Website

Index

Hour 19. Creating a Threaded Program

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THIS HOUR:

Using an interface with a program
Creating threads
Starting, stopping, and pausing threads
Catching errors

A computer term used often to describe the hectic pace of daily life is multitasking, which means to do more than one thing at once—such as browsing the Web at your desk while participating in a conference call and doing butt crunch exercises. A multitasking computer is one that can run more than one program at a time.

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