The book has been written to give an excellent grounding to those who wish to learn application development using JDK 2.X. Like all his earlier books this book also has several illustrative examples which have a logical link between them. Each set of examples helping build skills that will take the reader to the next set of examples, which in turn lead upwards until a strong programming foundation using JDR 2.X has been established. The topics covered are : Introduction to Java Object Oriented Programming Java Classes Java Programs Java Applets Java AWT: Working with User Interfaces Event-Driven Programming Java Swing Part 1 & Part 2 Java Exception Handling Java Database Connectivity Java Multi-Threading Java-Remote Method Invocation (RMI) Java Servlets Introduction to Apache Tomcat Server Introduction to Web Page Creation Networking Basics Java File Handing Net Beans Java IDE Each topic is very liberally sprinkled with examples that are mapped to applications, which fit in the real world. All the example code is on the enclosed CD-ROM, which also contains several other goodies which would be useful if you are looking at working on the Internet as a way of life. Most of the stuff on the CD ROM can definitely be used to enhance your web skills.