JOSE Cabrera said
If you are starting in the Java Programming world this could be a great book for you. I found it easy to understand and follow. The examples are mainly done for that. Of course, if you want to go deeper in java Programming you will need other books.
Michel Bister said
Easy to read, abundance of exercises, starts at a low level and moves on quickly - just what you need to get started in Java. Up to the level I usually experience with Schaum's Outlines...
calvinnme said
This Schaum's outline really disappoints me. First of all, it doesn't even come close to the typical Schaum's formula - some theory, some worked examples, some exercises with solutions, some additional unsolved exercises. I would expect some deviation from the formula on a Schaum's outline that is about a programming language, but the biggest problem in this outline is the complete absence of programming exercises. It is impossible to know if you understand a programming language if you cannot come up with a program that works yourself. Also, the instruction part of the Schaum's is not detailed enough to really "get" the material. Especially flimsy is any material on event handling in Java. This is tricky material to explain to a Java newbie, but it is essential, since otherwise a user really has no way to interact with a Java program. I suggest if you want to learn Java that you pick up either "Head First Java" or "Core Java", and skip this outline completely. I give it two stars only because, even though I found a few errors in the code here and there, there is nothing really wrong with the facts given or the examples presented, even though they are not helpful to the end task of learning Java.
Charlotte El said
I would say add the word advanced to the title. I am a beginner and the way Schaum's Outlined Java is for people who already have a knowledge of the basics but I have to say Schaum's books are never bad books. This one is just not titled correctly. Thanks
W Boudville said
The book offers a quick ramp up into Java coding. It chooses to omit many descriptions of graphics classes. The focus is on the pure computational classes. You can get a fast understanding of the core of these classes. Enough to write simple programs. While 1 chapter is about graphics, it is very skimpy and you should not be encouraged to learn from it.
A shortcoming is the lack of exercise sets. Schaum's books are often replete with these. Here, no less than in other topics, exercises are needed. The cover is somewhat misleading. It says fully solved exercises are present. Indeed. But what is also needed are exercises that are NOT fully solved.
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