Introduction
Programming computers can be a fun and exciting career. Before you begin your journey as a programmer, you need to decide which programming language to learn. You may wonder which one makes you the most marketable. There are many viable answers to this question, but Java is a flexible and widely used language.
There are many reasons that Java makes a great choice. As a general-purpose language, Java can be used to build applications that run on a variety of platforms ranging from desktop computers to mobile devices. Java applications can also be created to run on the Web as well as on other architecture. Regardless of the platform, you can use the same Java syntax on whichever Java-supported platform you choose. You'll learn that syntax in this book.
Java is widely used across the globe. In the rankings of programming languages, Java is often at or near the top. For example, on the Tiobe index, which ranks interest in programming languages, Java is generally in the top one or two spots and has not been lower than third since 2001.
There are many open positions waiting for candidates who know Java programming. At the time of this writing, more than 38,000 Java jobs were listed on Monster.com.
Job Ready Java provides you with the foundation you need to be ready to take on some of the Java jobs that are out there. This book is quite different from other Java books. This book is based on ...
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