Rating:  - Excellent Book!!
Pretty good book for those whom Programming is difficult to understand. You will be doing an excellent purchase.
Rating: - Great Book
I had to get this book for an Intro Java class I'm taking. The "teacher" is basically reading the book as part of his lessons. I've learned more from this book than I have from the "teacher". This book has a unique approach to teaching programming, and so far I think it's working. Other programming books I have read, are really dry and boring, this book is the opposite.
Rating:  - Not up to date with Java 6.0!
This is a good beginners' book. It is, however, 3 years old and does not cover the latest version of Java, 6.0. According the publisher, O'Reilly Media, the authors consider Java 6.0 to be similar to version 5.0 and thus not worth a new edition. The next edition is scheduled for 2010, when Java 7.0 comes out.
Rating:  - Good basic text
As a computer science teacher I am always on the lookout for introductory texts that make Java less intimidating. Head First Java certainly fills the bill with a good mix of humor and content. My only objection (and it is very slight) is that it tends to get a bit "thick" in sections -- nothing a final edit couldn't easily fix.
On the whole, however, a very good job.
Rating: - A great refresher
It has been quite a while since I did any serious programming, particularly in Java. This book served as a great refresher, and was an easy read. The authors' premise that by adding pictures, jokes and puzzles help to hold the reader's attention was true for me.
Given the format, I thought that the book did a great job of covering the basics of programming in Java, including threads, IO and even some Swing.
I'll buy more books in this series.
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