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Summary: Great great book esp. those new with OOP
Review: I cannot understand those people writing negative reviews about this book.I believe I can speak on behalf of many programmers new to JAVA. This book is one of the best, because after reading just six chapters, I'm now confident to say I know a lot about OOP, classes and methods. Let me tell you about my story. I bought "JAVA How to program" by Deitel, and after reading five chapters, I still cannot figure out what OOP is all about, the class and methods too.That book is good too, but the target audience is undefined, because the first couple of chapters dealed with GUI and structured programming a lot, without laying out the foundation of what classes, objects and methods of JAVA is all about. Then I remembered a friend who bought this SAMS book last year, so in desperation, I borrowed it and promised to return it after a few days, but failed to do so because I cannot put it down due to interesting topics and well laid out format. Now at home after coming from the office, even if i'm too tired, I can't help but read the book. I don't exaggerate, I just feel I owe this book a lot to post a comment and do the same good thing to other programmers new to JAVA by giving them this advise - BUY THIS BOOK, don't take my word for it, just try it and see what it can do for you. I'm still surfing the net for other references and would like to try Ivor Horton's book just for supplementary reference together with SAMS.
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Summary: Action packed
Review: This book gives you your money's worth. Unlike the "Dummies" books, full of unhelpful "spacer" information (meaning you have to read long and hard to strain out information) this book is totally action packed. You really have to pay attention, because if you "skim" it, you'll miss alot!Good for fast learners, and people who like no nonsense style books. 4 stars for being a bit /too/ fast paced!
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Summary: Third Edition is good!
Review: I have waited this book for three months. It was finally published on August 15, 2002. It is good for introductory Java class, for anyone who has no experience in programming or Java. It is very clear and easy to follow. I use the SDK 1.4 compiler. This books covers it well. My students seem to like it although it is too early in the semester to tell. However, I used Horstmann's Java and Advanced book, for training professional programmers.
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Summary: Perfect book to get you started
Review: I've got this book after taking a very bad course at the university where we had a teacher that never explains a thing.. I've got some practices from homeworks i did but never got the theory. This book was very helpful to crystalize all the abstract ideas i had in my mind... it's a very good introduction to java. As you know Java is so big and can never be coverd in 1 or 2 or even 3 books.. however this is a good book to keep cause it talks about a little bit of everything and the way they talk about Object Oriented Programming is very easy to understand... If you're new to Java or C++ like language and you want to get a full introduction.. then don't hesitate bying it!
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Summary: A very good book for beginners
Review: If you want to get into learning Java 2, as quickly as possible, this is a very good book to start with. It has a "no nonsense" and basic approach. This book gives good groundwork for further study.
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Summary: Recommended for beginner.
Review: A very good first book for J2 beginner. You may start learning Java 2 v1.3 from this book. Some previous Object Oriented Programming experience like C++ may help for faster understanding but not absolutely necessary.
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Summary: A Great Beginner's Book
Review: I found this book to be very helpful. One thing that I seem to find a little troublesome was how sometimes it seems to get ahead and you have to stop and look through what you have gone through and maybe even backtrack a few chapters to see a small paragraph which only covered a basic block of it. It is a great book for beginners, I would recommend it to anybody who is about to dive into Java Programming.
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Summary: good reference
Review: You won't be a Java guru after reading this, but if you have programming experience with other languages such as C++, then this is a helpful resource.
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Summary: Wanted to be before, and after I was!
Review: I was just curious to learn a language and had heard that Java was easier than most. I bought this book (at least "Teach Yourself Java 1.2 in 21 Days") and worked my way through half of it. So, I only got through about 15 days (in about 2.5 months), but now a year later I have a full time job as a Java programmer and am keeping up with the others with no problem. The book was fun and kept me interested, like I said, through the first half. By that time, I was already experimenting and just started skipping to stuff that looked interesting. I still use the book and the sample programs as a valuable reference guide. I owe this book a lot (more fun on the job and more money).
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Summary: Making learning Java a pleasure
Review: I have really enjoyed reading this book and doing all of it's examples. It also put object oriented programming into language that I understand. I would recommend it to anyone wanting to learn Java 2 and have!!!
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