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Summary: Very good to start you off.
Review: I used to be a C/C++ guy :) who wanted to learn Java. I know about algorithms, OOP, structures, blah-blah-blah. I don't need to be told what += does, and what an if-statement is. I just wanted to learn a new language, and this book does a great job in running (not walking) you through some simple applications and applets. It assumes you can get and install the JDK yourself. If you're a programmer who wants to start learning Java, this book works great. Unfortunately, since it makes Java learning so easy, you'll quickly out-grow it. I now need a more thorough book, 'cos now I wanna re-write everything at work in Java! :)
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Summary: Very good to start you off.
Review: I used to be a C/C++ guy :) who wanted to learn Java. I know about algorithms, OOP, structures, blah-blah-blah. I don't need to be told what += does, and what an if-statement is. I just wanted to learn a new language, and this book does a great job in running (not walking) you through some simple applications and applets. It assumes you can get and install the JDK yourself. If you're a programmer who wants to start learning Java, this book works great. Unfortunately, since it makes Java learning so easy, you'll quickly out-grow it. I now need a more thorough book, 'cos now I wanna re-write everything at work in Java! :)
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Summary: Try it
Review: If you want to practice JAVA, this is it !! basic Java books I recommend: 'Java Software Solutions', 'Just Java' , Data Structures & Algorithms in Java ......and then focus on the subject interesting to you..
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Summary: Try it
Review: Not just a simple how-to book that presents only one or two lines of syntax. You will learn how to manipulate your java programming skills to put together a working program. Here is just an example of the how-to question from the book: Problem: I'd like to draw lines to the screen and be able to plot a mathematical function like the sine curve. I also want to plot both x and y axes....How do I draw these lines? The author then presents the solution to the problem in a simple but fully working program.
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Summary: Worth Buying Book and Useful Book
Review: This book is very useful to me. As a JAVA programmer i found this a worth buying book. Covers lot of interested topics ranging from intermediate to advanced topics. The author discussed most of the day-to-day java practical problems in a nice way. I thank the author for giving this excellent book for a Java programmer in a very reasonable price.
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Summary: Could do better
Review: This is not a bad book, and perhaps lives up to its "How-To" title for a number of beginners questions. However, little depth is given beyond simple "do this, do that" answers in the form of fairly long examples.Much more useful would be short, to-the-point discussions about the problem, the important issues to think about when facing such a problem, and a clear, concise example. The inclusion of nearly 200 pages of a one sentence description of the JDK 1.2 API is fairly pointless. Coupled with illegible text screen dumps of grey text on a black background in a figure of about 1.5in by 4in, I have to recommend buying a different book.
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Summary: Could do better
Review: This is not a bad book, and perhaps lives up to its "How-To" title for a number of beginners questions. However, little depth is given beyond simple "do this, do that" answers in the form of fairly long examples. Much more useful would be short, to-the-point discussions about the problem, the important issues to think about when facing such a problem, and a clear, concise example. The inclusion of nearly 200 pages of a one sentence description of the JDK 1.2 API is fairly pointless. Coupled with illegible text screen dumps of grey text on a black background in a figure of about 1.5in by 4in, I have to recommend buying a different book.
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