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Summary: Other books are nice, but this one is necessary.
Review: This book (and the Volume 1 companion) are required for any Java programming. Every class, field and method is covered in detail. Novices will need other material (like the online tutorial) for language syntax, and how to program. But all Java programmers need these books within arms reach.
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Summary: Essential Reference for the serious programmer
Review: This book and it's Volume one companion are the best books available for anyone with at least a mild understanding of Java. Every method has accompanying sample code (available online for download). The format is perfect for the serious programmer. If you can only have two Java books, this two-volume set is it!
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Summary: You NEED this book...
Review: This book in an irreplaceable resource for anyone that uses Java. It won't tell you how to program, but it outlines all the basic java classes and the methods and attributes in those methods
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Summary: The source book for Programming in Java
Review: This book proves day by day its value to me as a programmer. There are such a number of Java classes in 1.1 and this books explains them all in great detail. The examples are a fantastic help to find out what a calss is actually doing. Not only that these examples help understanding the Java classes, they are already solutions to common problems which can be modified to meet your own needs. From all the Java boods I bought this is the one which proved its value most.
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Summary: Great reference!
Review: This book really helps with a huge amount of information and examples for all of the classes in java.io, java.lang, java.math, java.text, and java.util. Wonderful reference book!
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Summary: This book truely offers the "All you can eat".
Review: This giant Java reference has all what you struggled to know in Java. Mainly, I found a lot of interesting examples to many classes and class methods. Ever wondered how to implement Timezones? Or how the TimeZone and SimpleTimeZone work in Java? This book not only explains what the JDK documentation left, but also gives you working examples.
What I liked about the book is that it has a dictionary-like interface. Classes are listed alphabetically. All you have to do is look up the name of the class that's driving you nuts. Read about it. And look at the consice examples provided.
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Summary: Ripoff - Save your money
Review: This is a ripoff. Save your money. I have seen charts published by BarCharts and free ones provided by Java Report. I expected this to be as good, but no where near.I wonder publishers like AW can publish such thing and put up a list price of USD 5.95. Of course that is the negatives of buying some thing without seeing. I dont see how some other readers found it useful. Rather than spending money on this, one is just better of copying a few pages of Nutshell books and pasting on the wall. A free poster from Java Report just came in. That is much better.
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Summary: Why soft cover?
Review: This is as good as the others in the series, but I don't know why they chose to change to soft cover. It probably won't stand up to the abuse the other two have taken, (although for some reason I find myself referencing these books much less in favor of the API... maybe there's less need as you progress on the learning curve?). Anyway, this book is also an essential part of anyone's Java library.
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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: This is required on every Java developers bookshelf. It is a wonderful reference.
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Summary: The most comprehensive Java reference
Review: This is the best Java reference book available (along with volume 2). Good code examples and clear explanations of every class and each method within each class. A MUST for any serious Java developer.
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