Pearson Education Launches New Titles
at JavaOne 2008
Line-up Includes Much Anticipated 2nd
Edition of Joshua Bloch’s
Effective Java
SAN FRANCISCO (Business Wire EON) May 6, 2008 --
Addison-Wesley Professional, Prentice Hall Professional and Sun
Microsystems Press (www.sun.com/books),
all imprints of Pearson Education (www.informit.com),
today announced the release of new cutting-edge books for the Java
community, including the second edition of Joshua Bloch’s
popular Effective Java.
Effective
Java, regarded as a classic text for any Java
developer, strives to help programmers develop a deeper understanding of
the Java programming language. It has been thoroughly updated to cover
Java SE 5 and Java SE 6 and explores new design patterns and language
idioms, with fresh coverage of topics including generics, enums and
annotations.
Other new JavaOne book releases include Java
CAPS Basics: Implementing Common EAI Patterns, authored by Michael
Czapski, Sebastian
Krueger, Brendan
Marry, Saurabh
Sahai, Peter
Vaneris and Andrew
Walker. In this book, Sun’s own experts
show how to use the Java Composite Application Suite (Java CAPS) to
implement enterprise integration patterns succinctly and elegantly. The
eighth edition of the acclaimed Core
Java- Volume II- Advanced Features, authored by Cay
Horstmann with Gary Cornell, covers advanced user-interface programming
and the enterprise features of the Java SE 6 platform, including new
sections on the StAX API, JDBC 4, compiler API, scripting framework,
splash screen and tray APIs and other Java SE 6 enhancements.
The above-mentioned titles are also available on Safari Books Online, (http://safari.informit.com
http://safari.informit.com),
the premier on-demand content library providing thousands of expert
reference materials, co-founded by Pearson and O’Reilly
Media, Inc.
AW, PH and Sun Microsystems Press are JavaOne Media Co-Sponsors (http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/pavilion/media.jsp)
and will display samples of new books and hold promotions for attendees
at Booth #1302.
In addition to the publisher site, registered Facebook users can stay
up-to-date about these and other books and authors by joining the Sun
Microsystems Press Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=29121675696
New books debuting at JavaOne will be commercially available at a
discounted rate at the on-site Digital Guru Bookstore, which will also
host a line-up of author signings during the week. Pearson authors
participating in book signings include: Joshua Bloch (Effective
Java, 2nd Ed.;
http://www.informit.com/title/0321356683)
on Tuesday, May 6 at 1:30 pm, Wednesday, May 7 at 1 pm, and Friday, May
9 at 12 noon; Tim Boudreau, Geertjan Wielenga and Jaroslav Tulach (Rich
Client Programming; www.informit.com/title/0132354802)
on Tuesday, May 6 at 1 pm; Jonathan Knudsen (Kicking Butt with
MIDP and MSA: Creating Great Mobile Applications; www.informit.com/title/0321463420)
on Wednesday, May 7 at 10:30 am; Michael
Czapski (Java CAPS Basics: Implementing Common EAI Patterns; http://safari.informit.com/9780137146130)
on Thursday, May 8 at 10:30 am; Brian Goetz (Java Concurrency in
Practice; www.informit.com/title/0321349601)
on Thursday, May 8 at 2:30 pm; and Chet Haase and Romain Guy (Filthy
Rich Clients: Developing Animated and Graphical Effects for Desktop Java™
Applications; www.informit.com/title/0132413930)
on Thursday, May 8 at 5:15 pm.
About Pearson Education
The global leader in educational and professional publishing, Pearson
Education is home to such respected brands as Addison-Wesley
Professional, Cisco Press, Exam Cram, IBM Press, Prentice Hall
Professional, Que, and Sams Publishing, which can be found at InformIT (www.informit.com),
the world’s largest provider of professional
reference content. Pearson is also co-founder, with O’Reilly
Media Inc., of Safari Books Online (http://safari.informit.com),
the premier on-demand content library providing thousands of expert
reference materials through a single point of contact, including expert
technology, creative and design, industry and management resources in
video, audio and written formats. Pearson Education is part of Pearson
(NYSE: PSO), the international media company. Pearson's other primary
businesses include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.
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