The Elements of Java Style or Photoshop Elements 4

The Elements of Java Style

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The Elements of Java Style, written by renowned author Scott Ambler, Alan Vermeulen, and a team of programmers from Rogue Wave Software, is directed at anyone who writes Java code. Many books explain the syntax and basic use of Java; however, this essential guide explains not only what you can do with the syntax, but what you ought to do. Just as Strunk and White's The Elements of Style provides rules of usage for the English language, this text furnishes a set of rules for Java practitioners. While illustrating these rules with parallel examples of correct and incorrect usage, the authors offer a collection of standards, conventions, and guidelines for writing solid Java code that will be easy to understand, maintain, and enhance. Java developers and programmers who read this book will write better Java code, and become more productive as well. Indeed, anyone who writes Java code or plans to learn how to write Java code should have this book next to his/her computer.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
1	General Principles	1
2	Formatting Conventions	5
3	Naming Conventions	15
	Package Names	18
	Type Names	20
	Method Names	23
	Variable Names	25
	Constant Names	29
4	Documentation Conventions	31
	Comment Types	32
	Documentation Comments	36
	Internal Comments	52
5	Programming Conventions	57
	Type Safety	64
	Statements and Expressions	66
	Construction	70
	Exception Handling	72
	Assertions	75
	Concurrency	79
	Synchronization	80
	Efficiency	85
6	Packaging Conventions	89
	Summary	95
	Glossary	105
	Bibliography	119
	Index	123

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Photoshop Elements 4: The Missing Manual

Author: Barbara Brundag

Photoshop Elements 4 has everything you need to edit and organize your photos. In fact, the program gives you most of what big-daddy Photoshop offers. What it doesn't give you is a manual. Enter Photoshop Elements 4: The Missing Manual. It explains not only how the tools and commands work, but when you'd want to use them, too.