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Summary: A well written tutorial of the Java language
Review: - Good overview of Java history
- Good examples
- Laura does an excellent job explaining difficult concepts
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Summary: Lives up to the Hype!!
Review: Actually one of the best books for the occasional programmer tomake the move into Java. Make no mistakes about it - the book wasoriginally printed with scores of errors (most are gone now) and is not for anyone who has never programmed before. For those of us who have - Lemay delivers another great book.
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Summary: The best java book I've seen
Review: After reading this book I almost feel like a java pro. It's very well written, and teaches you what you need to know to program in java. I also loved the cd-rom that came with the book, it's full of cool tools and applets. Buy this book, you won't be sorr
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Summary: 21 days of struggling with errors
Review: Going through "Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days" made me feel like an idiot because so many of the exercises -- even using the packaged code from the disk -- wouldn't work. Then I found the 9 pages of corrections on the errata site. Nine pages of corrections? In a book that targets the "beginners" market? O'Reilly's books came through for me. A free downloaded web tutorial on Java is better than this book
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Summary: THE Java Book to Get
Review: I bought the original, and went back just to get this edition. Despite what others have said, I find this book extremely well-written and organized so that the beginner, as well as the accomplished programmer can quickly and efficiently learn the Java Language
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Summary: Look up all the errors on the internet before buying.
Review: I found this book to be a waste of money. Not only does Sun have a newer edition of Java available on the Internet but there were so many errors in the code that it was unusable and frustrating.
If you like doing the editor's and author's work by correcting their errors, you'll love it.
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Summary: Great for Beginners
Review: I have had some C and C++ and have a basic knowledge of programming, and I thought that for a beginner this book would be great. I'm working on a project with some other people who have no programming experience and they felt that this book was very helpful. The book was very helpful in explaining key concepts and helped me learn the differences from C++
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: I have read this book. I have nothing to say but"GREAT!" Laura makes things easy even if you have only asmall amount of C or C++ programming experience. By reading this book, you will be really able to create advanced web pages with Java applets and get to know object-oriented programming in 21 days! Why not add this book to your shopping cart now?
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Summary: Good Beginner's Reference
Review: I have two beginning Java books, Joyce Farrel's "Java Programming: 2nd Edition" and "Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days" of the two, this book is the easier to understand. However, it doesn't push the reader to experiment with code and push themselves like the first title I mentioned does.I have experience in other OOP languages and that may be what made this book easy for me to understand. If I try to look at this book as a beginner that has never had any programming experience I think this book would be tricky to understand. I would suggest that anybody that wants to learn any kind of programming get a good book on programming logic and learn how to write pseudo-code and flowchart before they totally imerse themselves in OOP (or procedural programming). This book does cover almost every aspect of Java. The one that I found it lacking in, and the one I need for work, are JDBC basics. Still, I think that before tackling JDBC a person should understand the basics and this book would do a good job of that. I have had two people recommend "Thinking in Java" by Bruce Eckel as the best book for learning Java. I have not read it but it is free for download in PDF format. I think a book like that combined with this one would be the best for anyone that wants to be a Java programmer.
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Summary: Good Beginner's Reference
Review: I have two beginning Java books, Joyce Farrel's "Java Programming: 2nd Edition" and "Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days" of the two, this book is the easier to understand. However, it doesn't push the reader to experiment with code and push themselves like the first title I mentioned does. I have experience in other OOP languages and that may be what made this book easy for me to understand. If I try to look at this book as a beginner that has never had any programming experience I think this book would be tricky to understand. I would suggest that anybody that wants to learn any kind of programming get a good book on programming logic and learn how to write pseudo-code and flowchart before they totally imerse themselves in OOP (or procedural programming). This book does cover almost every aspect of Java. The one that I found it lacking in, and the one I need for work, are JDBC basics. Still, I think that before tackling JDBC a person should understand the basics and this book would do a good job of that. I have had two people recommend "Thinking in Java" by Bruce Eckel as the best book for learning Java. I have not read it but it is free for download in PDF format. I think a book like that combined with this one would be the best for anyone that wants to be a Java programmer.
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