Rating: 
Summary: terrible
Review: A book on Java by people that don't understand java. Sure, anyone can write java programs, but to demonstrate the capabilities of this language is another matter. Once you understand how to program, learning a new technology (e.g.RMI) isn't difficult. Additionally, all the technologies covered in this book have free tutorials available on the web, which in many cases are similar to the examples given in the book. The problem is this book doesn't teach good program design.
Rating: 
Summary: Not To Be Used For J2EE 1.3
Review: Advanced JHTP provides good tutorials and examples for some of Java's more difficult APIs. However, do not purchase this book if you are trying to learn J2EE. The book's examples and explanations are based upon J2EE 1.2 not the latest version of J2EE (1.3). Without significant modification the book's J2EE examples will not work under J2EE 1.3 and the book's web site did not include modification instructions as of Feb 2003.If you are looking for a good tutorial on J2EE see Enterprise JavaBeans (3rd Edition, O'Reilly) and the associated workbooks.
Rating:
Summary: Not To Be Used For J2EE 1.3
Review: Advanced JHTP provides good tutorials and examples for some of Java's more difficult APIs. However, do not purchase this book if you are trying to learn J2EE. The book's examples and explanations are based upon J2EE 1.2 not the latest version of J2EE (1.3). Without significant modification the book's J2EE examples will not work under J2EE 1.3 and the book's web site did not include modification instructions as of Feb 2003. If you are looking for a good tutorial on J2EE see Enterprise JavaBeans (3rd Edition, O'Reilly) and the associated workbooks.
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Summary: Just the book I was looking for!
Review: Before I decided to buy this book I spent a number of hours in Borders going thru all books on Java available. I was looking for a good reference on Swing features. When I stumbled across Deitel's book it captivated my attention right away.
I agree now that the book is not for a newbie. I am Java Certified programmer, maybe that's why I haven't had any difficulties understanding the code or explanations.
My opinion - the book is great if you have some programming background in Java, and want to learn more ( or use it as a reference). Besides it covers almost all aspects of Java usage, like JSP, serlets, JDBC, etc.
Rating:
Summary: Thank you Deitel & Associates
Review: Book Review:
Java How to Program, 4th ed.
Advanced Java™ 2 Platform How to Program
Deitel & Deitel I finished three java programming courses at Santa
Monica College two of which required the Java How to
Program, 4th ed., the other was a java w/data
structures course and I used the Java How to Program,
4th ed. and the instructors lecture notes. I bought
the advanced book to learn more about java and the
net, java 2d, 3d and j2me since I am into pc and
online video games development, and data base
connections with jdbc since I know sql. Design
patterns and enterprise java case study give
industrial strength business applications. The authors packed and packed java into these books.
The books are easy to follow, and everything works. I
found the exercises challenging but not overwelming. I
have not ran across an exercise I cannot do, although
some require in depth study of the topics covered. And
when if all comes together it's fun. The chapters build on each other very well, and the materials moves
fast and stays interesting. The cd's have everything I need to get started: what
to install, how to install it, how to set the
environment. The forte community edition is packed
with java building and debugging tools that make java
programming faster and easier to follow. Try the
Reformat Code tool, and check out the text coloring. I cannot say enough about these authors and their
materials. Anybody getting into java programming will
be more than satisfied for a long time. Thank you Deitel & Associates
Rating:
Summary: Thank you Deitel & Associates
Review: Book Review:
Java How to Program, 4th ed.
Advanced Java™ 2 Platform How to Program
Deitel & Deitel I finished three java programming courses at Santa
Monica College two of which required the Java How to
Program, 4th ed., the other was a java w/data
structures course and I used the Java How to Program,
4th ed. and the instructors lecture notes. I bought
the advanced book to learn more about java and the
net, java 2d, 3d and j2me since I am into pc and
online video games development, and data base
connections with jdbc since I know sql. Design
patterns and enterprise java case study give
industrial strength business applications. The authors packed and packed java into these books.
The books are easy to follow, and everything works. I
found the exercises challenging but not overwelming. I
have not ran across an exercise I cannot do, although
some require in depth study of the topics covered. And
when if all comes together it's fun. The chapters build on each other very well, and the materials moves
fast and stays interesting. The cd's have everything I need to get started: what
to install, how to install it, how to set the
environment. The forte community edition is packed
with java building and debugging tools that make java
programming faster and easier to follow. Try the
Reformat Code tool, and check out the text coloring. I cannot say enough about these authors and their
materials. Anybody getting into java programming will
be more than satisfied for a long time. Thank you Deitel & Associates
Rating:
Summary: worst ever
Review: Dont buy "ants" books. Terrible style, bad explanations, urgh ... There are a lot of tutorials to spend money for.
Rating:
Summary: worst ever
Review: Dont buy "ants" books. Terrible style, bad explanations, urgh ... There are a lot of tutorials to spend money for.
Rating: 
Summary: Rushed...
Review: Having had to buy this book for a programming class, I thought it would be a good tool to use to learn the advance java stuff. Well, there was only perhaps 1 or 2 chapters that were written well. The rest of the chapters were not good. Examples are buggy and most don't work without modification. I find the book terrible and anyone wanting to learn java, go else where. The book feeled rush and unpolished.
Rating:
Summary: if there is less than 1 star i will give it !!??
Review: hi,
i only bought this book because it was required for my course, and i am planning to sell after the course, if you need to learn advanced java; this is not your book, if you want to view some complex examples, you may review it, not for teaching definitely
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