Up and Running with Java Applications with Todd Perkins

This course is an introduction to developing Java applications for various runtime environments. Author Todd Perkins explains how to configure the development environment, connect a web application to a MySQL database, and build a user interface with the Swing framework. The course also covers publishing applets in a web browser, working with XML data, and creating apps for Android devices.

Topics include:

• Working with Eclipse


• Using MySQL database drivers


• Displaying data from a database as XML


• Loading XML data from the web


• Displaying data based on user input


• Publishing a desktop application


• Understanding applets


• Building the layout


• Viewing the app on an Android device