JavaTech: An Introduction to Scientific and Technical Computing with Java

 Part I. Introduction to Java: 1. Introduction; 2. Language basics; 3. Classes and objects in Java; 4. More about objects in Java; 5. Organising Java files and other practicalities; 6. Java graphics; 7. Graphical user interfaces; 8. Threads; 9. Java input/output; 10. Java utilities; 11. Image handling and processing; 12. More techniques and tips; Part II. Java and the Network: 13. Java networking basics; 14. A Java web server; 15. Client/server with sockets; 16. Distributed computing; 17. Distributed computing - the client; 18. Java remote method invocation (RMI); 19. Corba; 20. Distributed computing - putting it all together; 21. Introduction to web services and XML; Part III. Out of the Sandbox: 22. The Java native interface (JNI); 23. Accessing the platform; 24. Embedded Java; Appendices.