The CD that accompanies this book includes MySQL 4.0.20an open-source database management system. MySQL executes on many platforms, including Windows, Solaris, Linux, and Macintosh. Complete information about MySQL is available from
www.mysql.com/products/mysql/
To install MySQL:
Instructions for installing MySQL can also be found in Chapter 2 of the MySQL Manual at dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/index.html.
To use MySQL with JDBC, you also need to install MySQL Connector/Ja JDBC driver that allows programs to access MySQL databases via JDBC. MySQL Connector/J is on the CD that accompanies this book and can also be downloaded from
www.mysql.com/products/connector/j/
At the time of this writing, the current stable release of MySQL Connector/J is 3.0.14. To install MySQL Connector/J:
Introduction to Computers, the Internet and the World Wide Web
Introduction to Java Applications
Introduction to Classes and Objects
Control Statements: Part I
Control Statements: Part 2
Methods: A Deeper Look
Arrays
Classes and Objects: A Deeper Look
Object-Oriented Programming: Inheritance
Object-Oriented Programming: Polymorphism
GUI Components: Part 1
Graphics and Java 2D™
Exception Handling
Files and Streams
Recursion
Searching and Sorting
Data Structures
Generics
Collections
Introduction to Java Applets
Multimedia: Applets and Applications
GUI Components: Part 2
Multithreading
Networking
Accessing Databases with JDBC
Servlets
JavaServer Pages (JSP)
Formatted Output
Strings, Characters and Regular Expressions
Appendix A. Operator Precedence Chart
Appendix B. ASCII Character Set
Appendix C. Keywords and Reserved Words
Appendix D. Primitive Types
Appendix E. (On CD) Number Systems
Appendix F. (On CD) Unicode®
Appendix G. Using the Java API Documentation
Appendix H. (On CD) Creating Documentation with javadoc
Appendix I. (On CD) Bit Manipulation
Appendix J. (On CD) ATM Case Study Code
Appendix K. (On CD) Labeled break and continue Statements
Appendix L. (On CD) UML 2: Additional Diagram Types
Appendix M. (On CD) Design Patterns
Appendix N. Using the Debugger
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