Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133
EAN: 9780130819338
ISBN: 0130819336
Label: Prentice Hall
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 737
Publication Date: January 15, 1999
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Sales Rank: 795188
Studio: Prentice Hall
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Rating:  - Not a book to learn to code Java
If you have any in depth programming experience whatsoever, this book is worthless. It ruminates over all of Java's abilities and could be a good reference. If you understand programming constructs and algorithms, this is not the book to get up and running quickly. It is way too fundamental. I was looking for something to get me going quickly as I have much coding experience. I spent a lot of time reading through this book only to come away feeling like I had just taken programming 101 over ... Read More
Rating: - Pretty Good
I didn't stick to it long, but the book was helpful when I was eager to learn.
Rating: - Best general Java reference
I literally have dozens of Java reference books. ... Every so often though I need some place to find something simple. The answer to a dumb question. "Core Java 2: V 1" and the second volume are the two books I constantly reach for whenever the question I have is general. It has lots of good code snippets to show you what you need. Before you can look up a word in a dictionary you need to know how to spell. If there was a book to show you what characters to use to find a word in a dictionary ... Read More
Rating:  - It's okay, if that's all you can find
If there's one thing that drives me nuts about computer programming books, it's when the authors try to hide complexity by offering some special utility or library to make programming "easy". For a newbie it means you only know Java in the context of their tool, but believe me, the first job you get won't be using that tool.
The other problem with this book is that the authors go off on tangents in nearly every chapter, sometimes spending a mere paragraph on the fundamentals while trying ... Read More
Rating: - Good but leaves room for improvement
This book has its strengths but it also definitely has its weaknesses. On the plus side, there are numerous valuable discussions and programming tips. On the weak side is that they are often very difficult to find in a hurry, and not sufficiently supported by fully self-contained examples, that illustrate the topic under discussion. (Contrast Deitel's "Java How to Program").
The author seems to prefer holding discussions, which often diverge and switch focus, rather than concentrating on ... Read More
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