Java After Hours: 10 Projects You'll Never Do at Work

Java After Hours takes the reader into realms of Java never dreamed of before. Holzner shows them how to use Java to create graphics interactively on Web servers and send images to Web browsers, how to tinker with Java's Swing package to make it do seemingly impossible things (like display combo boxes in menu bars), how to search Web sites and send email from Java programs, and much more. You've likely toiled with Java for eight hours a day, day after day; but now it's time to make Java your playground. The projects will be developed using many different fields of Java: Swing, Internet, multithreading, Ant, and more. The idea is to take control of Java and explore its possibilities. Java After Hours will serve to enlarge any developer's Java arsenal, but what's paramount is the fun had while doing it. This book is written to be fun. From threaded games to writing your own Ant task for custom Java builds, this book should please anyone who writes Java.