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Summary: Teach yourself java in 21 YEARS
Review: This book never comes close to presenting istself as a stand alone subject for learning java. Especially not in 21 days or 100 days, I would challange if it could be done in a year. This book is poorly written with enormous amount of errors , not just in the text but in the program listing themselves. I doubt if this book was proof read or even if any of the programs where written and carried out to the extreme to see if they really worked. While this book covers a lot of topics there are poor to no examples on any of the material that is covered.This book alone with the second edition is being used for a subject class for a college level course. The second edition is not as bad as the first , tho , what are the odds of the same program appearing in both books and in different formats and yet neither one will run when you get done. Well you just have to present them to the instructor and ask him to give it a go . oh! it wont run . maybe we ought to throw out the books. Heres an idea lets get hold of the auther , you mean they wont answer there email. WOW , and to think we buy this junk and nobody ever sits down and looks it over. Simply amazing. so if you are interested in java , i know two books at least to stay away from. i have a library of several books that i use for reference, and i could not at this time recommend one. If there is someone out there who has some great degree of results let me know . It could also help others. If i had to choose one it would be the " complete reference of java by Naughton / Schildt ". while not the best it does answer a lot of questions. learing java you need to really be exposed to layouts ,events networking and windows. this book falls short on all accounts. yes i am still working on java , i like the langauge and will learn it one way or another . so happy programming to one and all. do drop me a line
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Summary: Very well-written and comprehensive; poorly edited!
Review: This book seems to blow every other Java book out of the
water -- no other book I've seen covers the Beta API with such detail and readability. The book was clearly taken
almost directly to press, as there are many errors and typos;
but the teaching is lucid and the corrections are, for
the most part, deducible from Sun's API docs. Lemay is an
excellent instructor. (I find the '21 days' theme a little
tiresome, but it doesn't weigh too heavily on the writing.
Laura, go write for O'Reilly!)
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Summary: Pretty good for beginners.
Review: This is a good idea. The concept is well developed but as in most real-life situations, the details make the difference. The code that appears through the book somtimes contains errors. Not that this prevents the reader from a fully understanding, but it can confuse unexperienced programmers. Altough I had little problems with those details, I think they should be taken out in order to make this book a better experience.
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Summary: What a book! Very helpful! Well written! Great examples!
Review: This is the best book I've read on Java. It covers the whole language, not just a piece, and covers the all important toolkits such as AWT. The true test of a book that teaches a programming language is this - can you program in the language after reading the book and working through its exercises? This book passes the acid test with flying colors. After working through this book, you will be a productive Java programmer
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Summary: The Best book on Java!
Review: This is the kind of book I've been looking for. Easy to comprehend and lots of examples for the beginners to work through. I would say Laura Lemay and Charles L. Perkins did a good job. Well done!
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Summary: A fantastic book!
Review: This is the most complete, lucid text on Java currently
available. I highly recommend it!
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Summary: DON"T BUY THIS BOOK
Review: Wow this book sucks... unorganized and incomplete. The most common line was "you will learn more about that later on day xxxx" STAY AWAY FROM THIS BOOK
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Summary: DON"T BUY THIS BOOK
Review: Wow this book sucks... unorganized and incomplete. The most common line was "you will learn more about that later on day xxxx" STAY AWAY FROM THIS BOOK
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Summary: Not that Great
Review: You have to know ALOT about programming to understand a
word of this book. Reading it gives you a headache and
makes you dizzy unless you've programmed with SEVERAL DIFFERENT computer languages before. It does, however, come with some cool software and great .class files to use, but it still isn't my idea of the ideal book.
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