- Paperback: 980 pages
- Publisher: O'Reilly Media; Third Edition edition (May 1 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0596008732
- ISBN-13: 978-0596008734
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 23.4 x 5.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
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- #17 in Books > Computers & Internet > Programming > Java > Beginner's Guides
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Java is the language du jour, and plenty of books have been written about it. But with so many books available, new offerings should be something special. This one isn't.
Learning Java starts at the beginning with a "hello world"-style program that demonstrates using Sun's Java tools. Throughout, the book introduces features using examples--all thoroughly discussed and explained in as straightforward and jargon-free a manner as practicable.
A tricky aspect of Java is the way classes are related, so it's neat to see a whole chapter devoted to the subject early on. Even more opaque is the explicit use of threads. Again, this topic is made accessible in this text, especially with its discussion of thread synchronization. Basic graphics, video handling, and other media in Java are discussed, followed by Beans and the builder environment--but stopping short of JavaBeans. The book finishes with a section on applets, the Java plug-in, and digital signatures.
Overall, however, the reader gets no feeling of working toward a goal, and perhaps this would have been a better book if a project had been its theme. Another odd decision in the mix here was to ignore the several--some free--Java IDEs generally used to program Java. (The book makes a point of saying it hasn't discussed them but doesn't explain. Even beginners find Java more accessible in a programming environment.)
Still, Learning Java, which uses Java 2 v1.3, does a competent job of introducing the language to beginners. As with most O'Reilly books, it's authoritative, lucid, and well edited. Though this book may fail to inspire in the reader the presumed enthusiasm for Java felt by the authors, you won't go wrong with this one, and its coverage of object-oriented programming issues is particularly good. --Steve Patient, Amazon.co.uk --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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'Finally, for new Java programmers, and those wanting to update to 1.3, Niemer is excellent.' UNIXNT, July/August 2000
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Maybe not for beginners but you do need this book.,
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This review is from: Learning Java (Paperback)
I firstly rated this book as a three stars because I was a beginner to Java programming. However, after a year of programming using Java, I realized how important this book is. This book covers a lot of Java stuff, and talks a lot about the details of each core Java API. Note that it probably does not have enough code examples to begin with, thats why I say it is not for beginners. So if you don't understand anything it says, don't worry; find some sources from the Internet and come back to this topic later on.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great starter book,
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This review is from: Learning Java (Paperback)
New to programming? Want to learn about Java? This book is a great place to start. It's easy to follow, and has practical examples. Trust me, you'll enjoy learning Java with this title.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Content is good.,
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This review is from: Learning Java (Paperback)
The book has excellent content regarding all facets of the Java language. However, the writing and overall order of the book leaves much to be desired. As others have suggested, this book should not be used by a novice Java developer. I would suggest a book with better examples etc. such as Teach Yourself Java 2 in 21 Days, or if you're partial to O'Reilly books you might want to look at Java Examples in a Nutshell.
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