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Thinking in Java (3rd Edition)

Thinking in Java (3rd Edition)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Actually 4.5 Stars
Review: I have to agree the writing style is not the best. Often I lost concentration reading paragraph after paragraph on the same topic. Does not do a good job at pointing out important stuff from the less important. Having said that, I must praise the writer for such in-depth coverage of Java and definitely recommend to have a copy for reference. Not for beginners. Pefect for Intermediate Level programmers.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: If you want to learn java you must read this book
Review: First .I studied Sun's tutorial.Then I read this book which isreally excellent source. Try to solve all the exercises at tyhe end ofchapters. I did result is very good. Besides Java 2 Certification byRoberts,Heller,Ernst is very supplementary to thinking injava.... Best Luck to long Java Journey

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Poor Style
Review: I don't like the writing style of the book

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Not for The Example Oriented
Review: I like to learn by example, in other words be presented with a situation and then code it. The THINKING IN JAVA book provided none of this. It goes into the concepts, but does not apply them. For people that need to visually see what code is intended to do, I would not recomend this. This book is for more experienced OO programers that are looking for specific code and not the entry level programmer who wants clear, concise example. All and all a decent reference, but not a great learning tool.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Sinking in Java
Review: A very basic elementary book, definately not worth the $35.. The only good part was the CD!!!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Thinking in Java with a mind raised in C++
Review: this text is excellent for someone migrating from C++ to Java. The fact that in the first chapters the author goes into extra lengths to explain that a "function" is not called "function" in Java, but "method" because it conveys the notion of "as a way to do something", as if it is something new, when actually "method" was used decades ago in Smalltalk and Objecdtive-C, tells me that the author and the audience are C-plus-plusers that evangelized their programming language to the degree of having ignored all other. And an opportunity was lost when explaining the difference between wrapper classes and type primitives, and the fallacies of mixing one with the other, since primitives don't understand method invokations. There seems to be a residual attachment to 1970's knowledge of 8600 CPU architecture and how assembly language and C allocates memory when reading about "registers" as one of the possible ways to allocate memory. Personally, I think that's computing archeology, and should not be mentioned in a generic Java programming book. If it were for a specialized small-memory footprint Java book, say, for example, for coding small apps on the Palm Pilot, then yes, it would have been ok.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: It could be best
Review: Sir I had not purchased the book.I am a student with out earning.So I continue my studies at home.If you have a sample book for helping purpose give me some % off on it. I am very thankful to you.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Don't leave home without it!
Review: This is the very best Java book I've read up to now. It covers all the fundamentals and more. Weak on the SWING - topics, but as the author states it: this is a subject for a whole book.

Really explains well, especially the "why"s.

I used it to train for the SCJP (Sun Certification for Java 2 Programming). Along with the Java Language Specifications, I believe this is the best combo to learn everything you need.

That book is really robust too: I bent the book so much... so often, and it did not break!

Gives good insigth on OOP design principles.

This is the kind of books that you'll go back on and on, when you don't remember how to do... what to do... That's why I say to you Java Programmers (or Java "to be" programmers): Don't leave home without it!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excelent book. Be patient.
Review: This is a really good book. I'm warning you that sometimes you are going to feel like you don't get it, that this book is not doing the work, but believe me, everything is going to fall in place if you move forward. For example, for me the chapter about inner classes was the most confusing thing that I have ever read. Closures? callbacks?, nothing seemed to be explained enough. I decided to keep reading and in the next chapter, when Mr. Eckel explains how to compare Array elements, he shows how to implement the interface Comparable and its method compareTo(). His example showed clearly how the java standard library method Arrays.sort() was using the technique of the callback. Only then I fully understood!

This is a wonderful book. Thanks Mr Eckel!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Definitely Java classics,
Review: I personally like Bruce's style and mild humor a lot. However the book clearly aims at people who prefer so to say "thoughtful" approach to things more common for a university auditorium than for a crash course. People preferring "go go" approach might not like it.


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