Tri said
I've read quite a few THOUSAND pages on learning the Java language. When I say thousand pages I'm referring to A LOT of books. Those books I'm referring to (sooooo many of them....) were pretty horrible in teaching you this powerful language. This language starts you AT the BOTTOM and WORKS you up to the top. This book WILL get you up to speed with Java. Chapter 2 is probably one of the best chapters in all of the Java books I've read.... Java is an OOP language and this book MAKES you learn Java in the OOP way. This has proven great for me and has had me better understand the API. If you think you know Java I strongly suggest you pick this book up AND read it all DONT SKIP EVEN CHAPTER 1 because I guarantee you'll learn something. This book is also from the source which explains why it is so good to use and has been in development since Java first appeared. Also to top that off the chapter exercises enforce each chapters material.
Highly recommended reading!
Oh by the way this book gets you prepared for SCJA exam without you even realizing it!
IF YOU BUY THIS BOOK MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THE CD!!!!!!!! DO NOT FORGET!!! YOU'VE BEEEEEEN WAAAAARNED!!!!
Douglas Wilson said
This book is basically just the online tutorials, but it is much much easier to go through them in book form. I found the book easy to read and a helpful reference to flip through. It includes a CD which contains an only slightly out of date Java 6.x and all the trimmings, plus the tutorials and source code for the example. Better to get a new Java from Sun if you are seriously going to use the language, but the one on the CD should be good enough to experiment with.
Shyna Hegde said
This is an excellent book for java beginners. Indepth explanation and easy to understand and learn.
Ivan Dunn said
This book is up-to-date and well paced. I recommend it to someone aware of the Java syntax that wants a quick re-cap before getting to the well explained chapters on Classes, Inheritance, Exceptions, I/O, JAR and Java Web Start. On the downside the chapter on collections is a tough read and the last chapter on applets feels like it doesn't belong to the book.
Enrique Marmolejo Garcia said
So far I'm on chapter 5 and everything is fine except for inheritance and interfaces I think that the explanations and the examples are confusing, but I do recommend this book.
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