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This guide takes a command-based approach and is organized to follow the design and drawing strategies applied in the professional world. Each command is demonstrated by its own exercise, and the exercises themselves are grouped in order that related commands and procedures can be learnt together. ... Read more

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Completely updated to cover changes in Sun’s Java 2SDK, 1.3.1, Java for COBOL Programmers, 2/E uses COBOL examples toteach object-oriented principles and Java’s syntax. Written forCOBOL programmers transitioning to Java, the step-by-step examplesshow users how to convert COBOL’s structured programming intoobject-oriented concepts without assuming knowledge of C or C++. Newchapters expand the treatment of Enterprise Java technologies,including Java Database Connectivity (JDBC), Servlets and Java ServerPages (JSP), and Enterprise Java Beans (EJB).

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*Includes step-by-step examples geared to the business and high-techexperience of COBOL programmers

* Uses COBOL coding techniques toteach Java concepts

* Discusses XML concepts from the COBOLperspective

* Completely updated, including three new chapters onJava Database Connectivity, Servlets and Java Server Pages, andEnterprise Java Beans

* Expanded coverage of important advancedJava concepts, including Collections, AWT and Swing, Streams andReaders in Java’s I/O, and Java utilities

* Companion CD-ROM(Win) includes code samples presented in the book, COBOL to Javaconversion tools, Sun’s Java 2 SDK, Version 1.3.1, Forte for JavaCommunity Edition, and other Java development software ... Read more

Customer Reviews (6)

A nice addtion
I wouldn't use this as my only reference for java. It is more detailed than 'Cobol Programmers Swing with Java' but it is a good reference for commands that the other book doesn't have. It also shows things with slightly different examples. I haven't had time yet to go through the stuff n the CD that comes with the book.

Good starter java book when bridging from COBOL
I found this book to be much more helpful in explaining the basics than other books whose audience was former C programmers.Most people talk about OO programming as some new high-faluting process that the mainframe COBOL programmer will have great difficulty understanding.As I am in a shop that makes much use of copybooks and called subroutines, I could relate to Byrne's explanations.They took away the mystique of OO programming.

Java for Cobol Programmers
This is not a bad book for the Cobol programmers who are trying to learn Object Oriented language Java. Very good parallels between classes and Cobol subroutine. Most of the Java books are written by former C++ programmers, who do not know Cobol. But Mr. Burne trying find some common ground between Java and Cobol, to simplify learning. I gave it 4 stars, it would be nice to have some Input and Output File processing, GUI and JDBC coverages. But over all, this is much better book than Doke and Hardgrave book with similar title.

Not to bad - but could have been better.
I had heard that this was a really good book for COBOL programmers who were now learning Java. It didn't really tie the two together very well. The author obviously has not keep up with the innovation in COBOL over the last few years. COBOL for MVS has FUNCTIONs that would have made better examples in some places. After completing this book I felt that it didn't really tell may much more that the other intro to Java books I had read. And the last chapters really lost me. It jumped from entry level stuff to chapters that seemed to be taken from some technical presentation. To me the next step should have been how Java does external data I/O. After I completed this book, I found that the book that I really wanted was "Java for the COBOL Programmer (Advances in Object Technology".

Great Introduction for Cobol programmers
I found this book extremely useful.I have been a programmer for 20 years, and this is the first book I've found that explained Java in a way I could understand.I liked the way the author started with simple examples,and then kept building on them.Definitely a big help to me.The chapteron XML was interesting too. ... Read more

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This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States.It is intended to help you learn how best to approach a clinical problem from a surgical perspective.The text provides an insight into how a surgeon might manage a particular problem and consequently how to prepare for an OSCE that might entirely (or in part) consist of 'surgical' OSCE stations.Although some of the stations in the book could easily be found in a "medicine" OSCE they are presented here from the perspective of both a student seeking to demonstrate well-developed surgical skills within an OSCE setting and a specialist surgical examiner.

• Presents a series of clinical problems with an emphasis on the surgical approach to the management.
• Appropriate for all students needing to demonstrate their clinical expertise in surgical cases.
• A companion book to the highly-commended "Core Clinical Skills for OSCEs in Medicine".

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This book is a complete tutorial and reference to all 2D user-level features of AutoCAD Release 13, with an introduction to 3D. Through easy-to-read reference tables and tutorial exercises, readers explore 2D AutoCAD drawing and editing commands.

• Advanced drafting commands, introductory 3D, and dimension-driven geometry are discussed
• Hundreds of tips, tricks, techniques, and terms are explained and illustrated
• Disk provides drawing files, AutoCAD support files, and utility products

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Inside AutoCad 12 is worth every dollar.
Inside AutoCad 12 For DOSISBN 1562050559
While a co-worker was spending hundreds of dollars to
learn AutoCad at the local collage, I learned as much at
the same pace at home with this fine book. It should be sub-titled as a tutorial. The book begins assuming you know nothing about AutoCad,
and carefully explains in a straight-forward method all you need to know. Everything is done in sequence so each excercise teaches
new commands to be used in following drawings. It is a great primer
for new users learning 2-D basics, and I have shared it with experienced users at work as a reference manual for 2-D
and 3-D drawings. The book comes with a disk with programs
to help you learn which was a real time-saver for me. I would recommend this book to all beginning and professional
AutoCad users. I have other titles from The New Riders Publishing Company, and they have all been a very good investment.

Inside AutoCad 12 is worth every dollar.
While a co-worker was spending hundreds of dollars to
learn AutoCad at the local collage, I learned as much at
the same pace at home with this fine book. It should be sub-titled as a tutorial. The book begins assuming you know nothing about AutoCad,
and carefully explains in a straight-forward method all you need to know. Everything is done in sequence so each excercise teaches
new commands to be used in following drawings. It is a great primer
for new users learning 2-D basics, and I have shared it with experienced users at work as a reference manual for 2-D
and 3-D drawings. The book comes with a disk with programs
to help you learn which was a real time-saver for me. I would recommend this book to all beginning and professional
AutoCad users. I have other titles from The New Riders Publishing Company, and they have all been a very good investment. ... Read more

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Demon-gods, alien monsters and killer bees - it only goes to show that Angel, Iceman, Hercules, Black Widow and Ghost Rider did more before #17 than some teams get done by #50! The short-lived super-team squeezed multiple mayhem into mere months of masked marvelry! Featuring the Stranger and the Stilt-Man! Magneto and Modok! The world reign of Doctor Doom! The Sentinels and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants! Guest-starring Spider-Man and the Avengers! Plus: destined for the pages of Punisher War Journal... Rampage! Collects Champions #12-17, Iron Man Annual #4, Avengers #163, Super-Villain Team-Up #14 and Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #17-18. ... Read more

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Nostalgic Appeal Only
When I think of the Champions, the words that come to mind are "okay", "ehh", and "generic." If you ever had a group of heroes whose stories had so little impact, this would be them. They are the prime example of the generic super-team, and a cookie-cutter mentality. The characters really don't blend together well, or even seem plausible, and considering the history of their creation it's not surprising why.

When the Champions was first proposed in 1975, creator Tony Isabella wanted it to be a sort of buddy superhero comic between Iceman and The Angel. But Editor Len Wein disagreed and stated that every group comic needed at least 5 members. One of which who was strong, one had to be a woman, and at least one who had his own comic. Hence the additions, Hercules was the strong guy, Black Widow (recently having left Daredevil) was the female, and Ghost Rider was one of the few unattached superheroes with their own comic.

The series does hold some nostalgic appeal however, for those who grew up in the 70's era comics. Being generic, pretty much every comic cliché' of that time was in it. It certainly took me back to the old comics and brought back feelings of the old times, and joy I remember from reading them.

However for those younger readers, who didn't grow up reading the 70's era comics, you might want to give it a miss. It was written at the level of its key demographic, namely 12 year old boys, and the dialogue and situations do not go above that. If you really want to look at old school comics, they don't get more generic than this.

In short, it's a fun old comic, but contains nothing ground-breaking or of interest, beyond people beating each other up and yelling out ridiculous amounts of dialogue while in mid air.

The end
This second, and final, collection of The Champions finds the bizarre superhero team consisting of Ghost Rider, Black Widow, Hercules, Iceman, and Angel taking on some big time villains in the vein of Magneto and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, and even Doctor Doom.Like the issues in the first volume, The Champions works surprisingly well thanks to some surprisingly compelling set-ups and stories that usually feature a decent enough pay off to keep coming back.Not to mention the fact that there are contributions from then rising star artist John Byrne, whose considerable talents, even at such an early stage in his career, are of are a definite highlight.In these final issues, The Champions also take on Stilt-Man, MODOK, and Swarm; and there's appearances from Spider-Man and the mutant hunting Sentinels as well.All in all, if you enjoyed the first volume of The Champions, you'll definitely enjoy what you get here.

Very Happy!
My son-in-law and grandson loved it, so if they are happy I'm happy!

The Champions wrap it up on a bit of a down note
At last, we have CHAMPIONS CLASSIC VOLUME 2, the highly anticipated second round of reprints featuring perhaps the oddest team of Marvel heroes ever. Angel, Iceman, Hercules, Black Widow, and Ghost Rider aren't a grouping I'd normally consider worthwhile, but darn if The Champions didn't have some exciting stories during their run.In volume 2, Darkstar and Black Goliath assist the team against bizarre villains such as Stilt-Man and MODOK, cosmic entities such as the Stranger and Kamo Tharn, and Swarm - a guy made of killer bees.You'll also see more popular villains such as Magneto & the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Doctor Doom, and the Sentinels.Writer Bill Mantlo packs the pages full of action and wonder in the first several issues of this collection, but the later stories unfortunately slide downhill.I guess once the series was slated for cancellation, Mantlo didn't see the need to worry about any more of the series' signature creativity.As a result, he relies mainly on mind-control stories or other tired gimmicks that pit hero against hero. But overall, the stories are fun. The art from George Tuska and Bob Hall is okay, but you just can't beat the contribution of a young rising star by the name of John Byrne. There's no doubting Byrne's style, even in some of his earliest work. Even though it's only 4 issues worth, plus a additional issue with him finishing breakdowns, I'll take what I can get.

The book collects Champions #12-17, Iron Man Annual #4, Avengers #163, Super-Villain Team Up #14. and Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #17-18... a broad representation of `70s Marvel goodness. ... Read more

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Two dozen of Marvel's top talents set more than 40 super heroes against at least as many super villains in the premier crossover event of the 1990s! Plus: the debut of the New Warriors! The destruction of Avengers Island! Spider-Man's cosmic power and the madness of the Scarlet Witch! A three-headed monster, a three-faced robot, a trip through the worlds of What If? and more! Special guest-appearance by Abraham Lincoln!

COLLECTING:

Avengers (1963) #311-313, Annual #19, Avengers Spotlight #26-29, Avengers West Coast #53-55, Captain America (1968) #365-367, Iron Man (1968) #251-252, Quasar #5-7, Thor (1966) #411-413, Cloak, Dagger (1988) #9, Amazing Spider-Man (1962) #326-329, Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #158-160, Web of Spider-Man #59-61

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8 1/2 x 11" approx. with over 100 pages (not numbered), spiral softcover with tabs. #TM000675 and many b/w drawings or graphs. See photos for picture of contents. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Wade Hampton Iii, Strom Thurmond, Jim Demint, Lindsey Graham, James F. Byrnes. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Wade Hampton III (né à Charleston le 28 mars 1818, mort le 11 avril 1902) est un militaire et homme politique américain. Il fut commandant de cavalerie dans l'armée des États confédérés lors de la guerre de Sécession, atteignant le grade de lieutenant general. Après la guerre il entama une carrière politique en Caroline du Sud, État dont il fut gouverneur, puis qu'il représenta au Sénat des États-Unis. Hampton était le fils aîné du colonel Wade Hampton II (1791-1858), l'un des planteurs les plus riches du sud des États-Unis et celui possédant le plus grand nombre d'esclaves. Wade Hampton II fut officier des dragons durant la guerre américano-britannique de 1812 et servit sous les ordres du général Andrew Jackson lors de la bataille de La Nouvelle-Orléans. Son grand père, Wade Hampton I (1754-1835), fut lieutenant colonel dans la cavalerie lors de la guerre d'indépendance, puis membre de la chambre des représentants et brigadier general lors de la guerre de 1812. Son oncle, James Henry Hammond, fut membre de la chambre des représentants et du sénat des États-Unis, et gouverneur de Caroline du Sud. Hampton grandit dans une famille aisée et reçut une éducation privée. Il menait une vie active, et pratiquait notamment la chasse. En 1836, il sortit diplômé du South Carolina College (l'Université de Caroline du Sud). Bien qu'ayant étudié le droit, il se consacra à la gestion de ses plantations, en Caroline du Sud et dans l'État du Mississipi et s'engagea dans la vie politique locale. En 1852, il fut élu à l'assemblée législative de Caroline du Sud (), il servit comme sénateur entre 1858 et ...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more