books by David Flanagan

books by David Flanagan

books:

David Flanagan

JavaScript Pocket Reference (2nd Edition)

David Flanagan

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2002

Moderately good.
I am not a big fan of these 'Pocket Reference' books by O'Reilly. Although I have 8 of them, I find them too brief to be very helpful as a reference. Usually they come up short on many parts of the language. Recently I needed a refresher in JavaScript, and turned ...

Java Foundation Classes in A Nutshell

David Flanagan

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 1999

Great reference tool...
This title is meant to be the second volume of a three volume set that covers the entire language. Volume one covers the basic core Java APIs, while volume three covers the enterprise classes. Like all "In A Nutshell" books, this isn't probably where you want to start ...

Java 1.5 Tiger: A Developer's Notebook (Java 5,Version 1.5)

David Flanagan, Brett McLaughlin

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2004

This is the best way to progress from Java 4 to Java 5 that I know of
This is a great book. If you know Java 4 and you want to upgrade your knowledge, this book is short-and-sweet -- only 170 pages. It tells you quickly what is new in Java 5 so that you can make the transition from Java 4 prograamming to Java 5 programming.

The Ruby Programming Language

David Flanagan, Yukihiro Matsumoto

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2008

Excellent, but should not be used as a tutorial
This is an excellent reference book on Ruby, if you already know Ruby this book will help you a lot, but if you are looking for a tutorial on Ruby this book should not be your first choice.

Java Examples in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

David Flanagan

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2004

Great bang for your buck with useful, very well explained examples.
This book rocks. I started learning Java about 2 months ago with the Head First Java book, which is AMAZINGLY helpful (even if you know absolutely nothing beforehand). Once I got through that all that I began writing small apps on my own, but found in many cases that ...

Java In A Nutshell, 5th Edition

David Flanagan

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005

Excellent reference, but could lose the last 2/3 of the book
I very much like this as a reference, but at this point I feel like most of the back 2/3 of the book is unnecessary bulk. The front portion, however, is excellent.

X Toolkit Intrinsics Ref Man R5 (Definitive Guides to the X Window System)
David Flanagan

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 1992

The X Toolkit Intrinsics Reference Manual is a complete programmer's reference for the X Toolkit. It provides reference pages for each of the Xt functions as well as the widget classes defined by Xt and the Athena widgets. This volume is based on Xt documentation from the X Consortium and has been re-edited, reorganized, and expanded. ...

JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

David Flanagan

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006

The Best JavaScript Book
This book not only assists first-time JavaScript programmers, but is an excellent reference for the more experienced developers. The examples are first-rate, and the reference sections are more comprehensive than any I've seen for this language. A MUST if you are a ...

Student Workbook Java in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference
David Flanagan

O'Reilly Media, 2006

Java Enterprise in a Nutshell (2nd Edition)

David Flanagan, Jim Farley, ...

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2002

Great reference for an immense topic
Java Enterprise in a Nutshell tries to do the impossible - fit Enterprise Java into a nutshell. I don't think it matters how big of a nutshell you have, it would be a truly impossible task. Farley and Crawford, though, do a nice job shoe-horning as much Enterprise ...

Java Examples in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell)

David Flanagan

O'Reilly, 2000

Very Useful
Most programmers learn by doing. When programming using a new API for the first time, I very often look at sample code to get the real feel for how the code should work. I also sometimes adapt existing code to suit my purposes. In any case, example code is invaluable, ...

Clinical Procedures in Primary Eye Care, A Practical Manual

Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997

Elliott Elucidates Eye Care
Elliott's slim volume encompasses the entire gamut of procedures making up the optometric eye examination. Descriptions, examples, diagrams, and charts are clear and eminently understandable. This book should have a place in the working library of every optometry ...

Volume 6C: Motif Tools
David Flanagan

O'Reilly, 1994

Motif Tools and the Xmt programming library that accompanies it on CD-ROM offer resources that will empower Motif programmers and dramatically speed up application development with the X Toolkit and Motif. David Flanagan, author of both the book and the library, writes: "The need for a convenience toolkit is something that not enough ...

JavaScript
David Flanagan, James Guérin

O'Reilly, 2002

Programmer's Supplement for Release 6 (Definitive Guides to the X Window System)

O'Reilly, 1995

This book is for programmers who are familiar with Release 5 of the X Window System and who want to know how to use the new features of Release 6. Intended as an update for owners of Volumes 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the O'Reilly & Associates X Window System series, it provides complete tutorial and reference information to all new Xlib and Xt toolkit ...