Java Programming Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques

Michael L. Mick is an associate professor in the Information Systems department at Purdue University Calumet. He has authored or co-authored several textbooks for the Shelly Cashman Series, including the Java Programming series of books and Microsoft FrontPage 2002. Joy Starks has taught at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis for 20 years. She has written chapters in several of the Shelly Cashman Series Office books and authored the Photoshop (R), Java (TM) Programming and Microsoft (R) Publisher series of books. A frequently requested speaker, Professor Starks presents at various conferences, seminars and forums across the U.S. She earned a B.A. from University of Missouri, her B.S. and M.F.A. from Southern Illinois University and her Ph.D. (a.b.d.) in education technology from Purdue University. Gary B. Shelly wrote and published his first computer education textbook in 1969. More than twenty million copies of Shelly Cashman Series' textbooks have been sold. Gary and a talented group of contributing authors have produced books on computer programming, computer concepts, and application software that are the leading textbooks in the computer technology market today. Gary has hosted the annual Shelly Cashman Institute, a week-long training event focusing on the latest topics in technology, for the past 34 years. Thomas J. Cashman received his education at California State University, Los Angeles. He established one of the first business data processing programs in the U.S. at Long Beach City College in California, where he taught and served as department head. In 1969, he began collaborating with now best-selling author, Gary Shelly.