Java How to Program 9th Edition includes all of the core pedagogic material from Java How to Program, 8/e plus new optional sections on the forthcoming Java Standard Edition 7; (Java SE7). Check out the complete Table of Contents. Here's some of the book's key features:

• Easy to use as a Java SE 6 or Java SE 7 book, with optional modular sections on Java SE 7 that are easy to include or omit..
• Attention to key software engineering community concepts, such as Web 2.0, SOA, web services,open source software, design patterns, mashups, refactoring and many more.
• Carefully coordinated with our new Java, Web 2.0, Ajax, and Programming Projects Resource Centers.
• New Ajax-enabled, event-driven web applications development with JavaServer Faces
• The servlets and JSP chapters have been dropped in favor of the new JavaServer Faces (JSF) treatment.
• New tools-based approach for web applications development.
• New web services chapter.
• New SwingWorker class for multithreaded user interfaces.
• New Java desktop integration( JDIC) features, such as splash screens and interactions with the system tray.
• New GroupLayout layout manager.
• New JDBC chapter introduces JDBC 4 and uses the MySQL and Java DB databases.
• New JTable sorting and filtering capabilities.
• New Java2D gradient capabilities.
• Strong treatment of generics and generic collections.
• New application using Google Maps web services.
• Java Blueprints technology.
• New StringBuilder class.
• New Resource Centers for Eclipse, NetBeans, Java Studio Creator 2, JBuilder and other popular environments.
• New coverage of annotations, and much more.