Welcome to the Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 21 Days, Fourth Edition book companion CD-ROM. Included on the CD-ROM are all the examples developed for the book, the Java 2 Software Development Kit (SDK), Standard Edition, version 1.4.2, the NetBeans 3.6 IDE, and WinZip.

If you have any problems with the book or CD-ROM you may find help at the book companion web page, which is at www.samspublishing.com/title/0672326280.

NOTE: The examples in the book were developed with the Java 2 SDK, version 1.5, which is currently in beta. Before installing the Java 2 SDK from the CD-ROM, please visit www.javasoft.com to download the most current version.

The structure of the CD-ROM is as follows:

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+---Examples
\---Software
    +---Java 2 SDK
    +---jEdit
    +---MySQL Connector
    +---NetBeans IDE
    +---WinZip
    \---XOM