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Java progress overtakes guide

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I'VE seen the future and it's Java.

OK, maybe it's not the future, but when it comes to the World-Wide Web, Java - the computer language variety as opposed to the brewed beans - has been creating quite a few waves.

Java is an object-oriented programming language being developed by Sun Microsystems which promises to deliver easy-to-create interactive programs which run inside Web pages on browsers across all hardware platforms.

Since the release of Netscape 2 in its beta incarnation - which includes preliminary support for Java applets - the interest in Java has taken off. The result has been several new books for Web authors and Net addicts.

So, it was with great expectation that I picked up a copy of Mecklermedia's Official Internet World 60 Minute Guide to Java published by IDG Books Worldwide.

The book promised that I could learn to create and implement Java applets through three 'easy-to-follow, 60-minute information bites'. Talk about a book for the MTV generation! But five pages into the book I was hopelessly lost.

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