iMovie 08 iDVD 08 for Mac OS X Visual QuickStart Guide or Sams Teach Yourself Programming with Java in 24 Hours

iMovie 08 & iDVD 08 for Mac OS X [Visual QuickStart Guide]

Author: Jeff Carlson

Visual QuickStart Guide—the quick and easy way to learn!

This full-color, amply illustrated, accessible book teaches readers the essential skills necessary for creating compelling movies with iMovie and iDVD, Apple's consumer-friendly digital movie and DVD-burning software applications. Readers can follow the step-by-step instructions from the beginning to get a tour of the applications or look up specific tasks to learn just what they need to know. Longtime Macintosh and technology writer Jeff Carlson takes extra steps to ensure that readers understand all of the key aspects of digital movie making.


• Easy visual approach uses pictures to guide you through iMovie and iDVD (and how they interact with the other iLife ’08 applications) and show you what to do.
• Concise steps and explanations let you get up and running in no time.
• Page for page, the best content and value around.
• Companion Web site at www.jeffcarlson.com/imovievqs offers links mentioned in the book, sample movies, and ongoing news and information about iMovie, iDVD, and video editing.

See also: SELECT Series or A Design That Cares

Sams Teach Yourself Programming with Java in 24 Hours

Author: Rogers Cadenhead

If you have been wanting to learn Java, check out the newly revised fourth edition of the best-seller Sams Teach Yourself Programming with Java in 24 Hours. This step-by-step tutorial will teach you how to create simple Java programs and applets. Comprised of 24 one-hour lessons, this new edition focuses on key programming concepts and essential Java basics, has been improved by dozens of reader comments, and is reorganized to better cover the latest developments in Java. The book's coverage of core Java programming topics has also been expanded. A great starting point for learning Java, this book is also a great primer to reading sams Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days.

Table of Contents:

Hour 1	Becoming a programmer	5
Hour 2	Writing your first program	19
Hour 3	Vacationing in Java	33
Hour 4	Understanding how Java programs work	51
Hour 5	Storing and changing information in a program	65
Hour 6	Using strings to communicate	83
Hour 7	Using conditional tests to make decisions	97
Hour 8	Repeating an action with loops	113
Hour 9	Storing information with arrays	131
Hour 10	Creating your first object	147
Hour 11	Describing what your object is like	165
Hour 12	Making the most of existing objects	183
Hour 13	Building a simple user interface	201
Hour 14	Laying out a user interface	217
Hour 15	Responding to user input	231
Hour 16	Building a complex user interface	249
Hour 17	Creating interactive Web programs	269
Hour 18	Handling errors in a program	293
Hour 19	Creating a threaded program	309
Hour 20	Reading and writing files	327
Hour 21	Reading and writing XML data	347
Hour 22	Using fonts and color	361
Hour 23	Working with graphics	375
Hour 24	Creating animation	395
Hour 25	Creating Web services with XML-RPC	411
App. A	Using the Java development kit	431
App. B	Programming with the Java development kit	455
App. C	Using the NetBeans integrated development environment	479