Java Foundations

The world of IT is always evolving, but in every area there arestable, core concepts that anyone just setting out needed to knowlast year, needs to know this year, and will still need to knownext year. The purpose of the Foundations series is to identifythese concepts and present them in a way that gives you thestrongest possible starting point, no matter what your endeavor. Java Foundations provides essential knowledge about whathas arguably become the world's most important programminglanguage. What you learn here will benefit you in the short term,as you acquire and practice your skills, and in the long term, asyou use them. Topics covered include: The history of Java Java fundamentals Keywords and operators Flow control Arrays Basic and advanced concepts in object-oriented programming Exception handling Standard Java API classes The collections framework