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Summary: This book is as good as it can get
Review: The Java Tutorial is the most comprehensive book on javaI've yet seen. Most other books (eg - Teach Yourself Java in 21 daysetc) have borrowed,copied and repackaged from the 'The Java Tutorial'. The only problem I see with this book is that the nature if its contents is extremely dynamic and keeps changing all the time so one does not want to make an investment in this book.
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Summary: Very few good Editors such as Campione & Walrath
Review: As a student in college, I had a very good English professor. He taught us the ins-and-outs of technical report writing. Apparently, Campione and Walrath went to the same school as he did. They teach the ins-and-outs of Java, and they do so in a very clear, complete, and consice manner. If you intend on writting Java pgms. take my advise, buy the book!
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Summary: Very few good Editors such as Campione & Walrath
Review: As a student in college, I had a very good English professor. He taught us the ins-and-outs of technical report writing. Apparently, Campione and Walrath went to the same school as he did. They teach the ins-and-outs of Java, and they do so in a very clear, complete, and consice manner. If you intend on writting Java pgms. take my advise, buy the book!
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Summary: Not good if you are looking for quick info..
Review: As several have mentioned, this book is not for you if you want to LEARN java. It's for you if you want to brush up occasionally about what something means. You need to remember that something will be explained later and not necessarily where it occurs. This book is NOT a TUTORIAl. It's is more a reference.
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Summary: One of the best book on JAVA
Review: Clearly written and provides tutorial for each chapter or concept that is explained. Best book for JAVA beginners, you don't get lost. Explains the basic and jumps straight into examples. Easy to visualize the concept.
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Summary: Best Java book around!
Review: Easy understand, clear touches of every Java classes and teach from the bottom to the top level! What do you want more from it? Get this book if you want to be a expert on Java!
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Summary: Difficult to understand.
Review: I find this book difficult to understand, so I'm looking for another Java book to buy. (I'm an experienced programmer with 15 years in the industry but no OO experience.) For example, the authors cannot explain "throwing" and "catching" exceptions without using the words "throw" and "catch". This is like a dictionary defining a word by using that word in the definition. Sometimes these authors spend pages of your time giving you an overview that only serves to confuse you. Brief overviews are fine, but in most cases they should just get to the point. After reading some chapters, I've found myself reading the corresponding chapters in other Java books because I didn't feel as though I understood the material. Maybe the 2nd edition is better...
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Summary: Good content, poor organization and poor writing skills
Review: I found the first edition of this book very confusing. One of these authors isn't a very good writer. In the first section of the book, technical terms and concepts are used when they are not defined or defined much later. To learn Java from scratch, Java Handbook is much better.
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Summary: Very good job Mary & Kathy
Review: I found this book very interesting; above all for beginners. Indeed, no prerequisites are needed in Object-Oriented technology. The chapters and paragraphes are well-defined and structured. They set out most Java's concepts; that is, Object-Oriented, Security, Multithreading, Network, portability, and so on. Moreover I found out plenty of clear and accurate examples and a lot of reviews. For summing up, I recommend this book for beginners in Object-Oriented programming ( like C++ ), and Thinking in Java from Bruce Eckel afterwards for mastering in Java programming.
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Summary: The best overall introduction to Java I've seen
Review: I haven't read the printed version, but I've gone through the online Java 1.1 tutorial at www.javasoft.com, and it's a stellar achievement. The material is clear, concise, and
informative. The organization is logical and easy to follow, and the use of multiple "trails" to guide the reader
through the *relevant* sections of the tutorial based
on his or her interest is a wonderful innovation.
Even the most experience Java programmers I know continually
learn new tricks and techniques from the tutorial. The new
material on JavaBeans, the 1.1 JNI interface, and other new
Java 1.1 features is especially welcome.
A must-read for anyone starting out as a Java programmer,
and those of us who *think* we already *know* Java
can probably pick up a new trick or two as well.
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