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Summary: 10 on quantity , 0 on quality!
Review: Just like any Java books, I suggest buy one from Sun, it's easier on your wallet
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Summary: Worth the investment!
Review: This is rather a large investment, even taking into account what computer books go for these days, but if you learn better by doing than sitting on the couch and simply reading, then this is the training package for you. The fact that this book and interactive CD-ROM set get you so involved with literally hundreds of programs and quiz questions (most of which have answers) makes it much more effective than any other Java book out there. You learn by doing, and you do so at your own pace. It's like a real live classroom with a pause, rewind, and fast-forward button. I found the "Cyber-Classroom" companion CD-ROM effective not only because of the excercises but also because every example and figure in the book is included and explained to you via audio by one of the authors. From there you can either launch the program to see what it does or save the code to disk to tweak it as you wish. If only the other Java books that line my shelf had CD-ROMs that were *half* as helpful. They usually end up being used as drink coasters. I enjoyed reading the first edition of the "Java How To Program" so much that I purchased this set to learn about all the new features of Java 1.1 by reading it over and doing the new excercises. This second edition has code that has been totally rewritten for Java 1.1. Bottom line: if you want to learn Java buy this set.
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