title: The Java EE 7 Tutorial: Volume 1 (5th Edition) (Java Series)
author:  Eric Jendrock 
description: <b>Eric Jendrock </b>leads the Java EE Tutorial team at Oracle and documented Java Servlet technology as well as internationalization and localization.
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  # Java® All-in-One For Dummies®, 4th Edition
  
  
  ### Visit
  [www.dummies.com/cheatsheet/javaaio](http://www.dummies.com/cheatsheet/javaaio)
  to view this book's cheat sheet.
  
  
  
  
  
  * Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Introduction](03_9781118408032-intro.xhtml#a1)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [About this Book](03_9781118408032-intro.xhtml#a2)
  
  
  * [Foolish Assumptions](03_9781118408032-intro.xhtml#a3)
  
  
  * [Icons Used in This Book](03_9781118408032-intro.xhtml#a4)
  
  
  * [Beyond the Book](03_9781118408032-intro.xhtml#a5)
  
  
  * [Where to Go from Here](03_9781118408032-intro.xhtml#a6)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Book I: Getting Started with Java Basics](04_9781118408032-pp01.xhtml#a1)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Chapter 1: Welcome to Java](05_9781118408032-ch01.xhtml#a1)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [What Is Java, and Why Is It So Great?](05_9781118408032-ch01.xhtml#a3)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Platform independence](05_9781118408032-ch01.xhtml#a4)
  
  
  * [Object orientation](05_9781118408032-ch01.xhtml#a5)
  
  
  * [The Java API](05_9781118408032-ch01.xhtml#a6)
  
  
  * [The Internet](05_9781118408032-ch01.xhtml#a