The Deitel guide for professional programmers for developing programs with Java SE 7 and SE 8 using the powerful Java platform. This book is written for programmers with some knowledge of programming in high-level languages and applies Deitel's exclusive hands-on approach, which has been proven effective in teaching programming and explores the Java language and its APIs in depth.

The book presents concepts through fully tested programs, with aids such as syntax highlighting, code annotations, detailed line-by-line instructions in the code, and program outputs. It includes hundreds of complete Java programs, with thousands of lines of validated Java code and hundreds of tips that will help you build reliable applications.

Start with an introduction to Java by following an initial approach to classes and objects, and quickly move to more advanced topics such as graphical user interfaces, graphics, exception handling, lambdas, streams, functional interfaces, object serialization, parallel processing, generics, collections, JDBC, and more.

You will enjoy Deitel's classic approach to object-oriented programming and the object-oriented case study for designing an ATM system, which includes a complete implementation in Java. When you're finished, you will have all the tools you need to build professional-level object-oriented applications in Java SE 7 and SE 8.

Practical and example-rich coverage of the following topics: Java SE 7 and SE 8, lambdas, streams, functional interfaces with default and static methods, classes, objects, encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, interfaces, Swing and JavaFX graphical user interfaces, graphics, comprehensive exception handling, files, streams, object serialization, multithreading and parallel processing, generics and collections, databases (JDBC, SQL, and JavaDB), using the debugger and API documentation, professional and object-oriented case study for designing an ATM system, and much more.