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Java™ Application Development on Linux - Dator

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PrefaceJAVA AND LINUXWhy another book <strong>on</strong> Java? Why a book <strong>on</strong> Java and <strong>Linux</strong>? Isn’t Java a platform-independentsystem? Aren’t there enough books <strong>on</strong> Java? Can’t I learneverything I need to know from the Web?No doubt, there are a host of Java books <strong>on</strong> the market. We didn’t wakeup <strong>on</strong>e morning and say, “You know what the world really needs? Another bookabout Java!” No. What we realized was that there are a couple of “holes” in theJava book market.First, <strong>Linux</strong> as a development platform and deployment platform for Javaapplicati<strong>on</strong>s has been largely ignored. This is despite the fact that the *nixplatform (meaning all UNIX and UNIX-like systems, <strong>Linux</strong> included) has l<strong>on</strong>gbeen recognized as <strong>on</strong>e of the most programmer-friendly platforms in existence.Those few resources for Java <strong>on</strong> <strong>Linux</strong> that exist emphasize tools to the exclusi<strong>on</strong>of the Java language and APIs.Sec<strong>on</strong>d, books <strong>on</strong> the Java language and APIs have focused <strong>on</strong> pedagogicalexamples that serve to illustrate the details of the language and its libraries, butvery few of these examples are in themselves practically useful, and they tendxxi

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