Product Details

• Language: English
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1594840105

Editorial Reviews

About the Actor

Neal Ford is the chief technology officer at The DSW Group Ltd. in Atlanta, GA. He is an architect, designer, and developer of applications, instructional materials, magazine articles, and video presentations. Neal is also the author of Developing with Delphi: Object-Oriented Techniques (Prentice Hall PTR, 1996) and JBuilder 3 Unleashed (SAMS Publishing, 1999), and Art of Java Web Development (Manning 2003). His language proficiencies include Java, C#/ .NET, Ruby, Object Pascal, C++, and C. Neal’s primary consulting focus is the building of large-scale enterprise applications. He is also an internationally acclaimed speaker, having spoken at numerous developers’ conferences worldwide.

Neal is also an avid (but slow) Ironman triathlete, competing in several races a year of varying distance. He is also a voracious reader, loves to listen to very eclectic music, watch high-quality movies, travel to exotic locales, and eat at fine restaurants (sometimes enjoying combinations of the above). He has also been known to sit in front of a computer for vast amounts of time. When at home, Neal enjoys the company of his wife, Candy, and two cats, Winston and Parker.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Java Course, June 30, 2004

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Christopher Judd (Worthington, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginner's Java 2 v1.5 2004 on DVD (DVD)

Unfortunately not everybody can fit into Neal's busy schedule or afford his rate. So this DVD set is the next best thing to having Neal personally instruct you in developing Java applications. In addition, it is very reasonably price. Neal does a great job of covering all the practical topics a new Java developer will need to get started.

As a trainer, I review many books and computer based training products and I think this is the best CBT course I have ever seen. DV Press did a great job of combining the best of instructor led training with the best of CBT training. If I had to point out one negative about the training it is you can ask questions like you can of a live instructor but that is true with all CBT training.

Because I am a Java user group coordinator, trainer, mentor and author; I am often asked by those starting to learn Java what is the quickest and best way to learn. My answer use to be a particular book. Now my answer is the "Beginner's Java 2 v1.5 2004 DVD training by Neal Ford"

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Refresher / Beginner course on Java!, January 7, 2005

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Alex J. Williams (Bklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginner's Java 2 v1.5 2004 on DVD (DVD)

Very good content and structure of Java basics:

1. Java Overview (J2ME|J2SE|J2EE)

2. Java Syntax

3. OOP Concepts

4. Exception Handling

5. Working in the Eclipse IDE

6. Much more, will append as I find the time to do so....

Video Quality: 5

Content: 5

Audio: 5

Editing: 4.99

Presentation: 5++

If you find it hard to sit down and read books or the SUN API for hours at a time, then you'll find this an invaluable refresher/introduction to Java.

If Neal or DVDPress reads these reviews, PLEASE come out with a Java Intermediate/Advanced Course, possibly even a set for under $150. I'd like to see topics on Applets, Java Web Start, RMI, Threads, and XML.

At this price, compared to AppDev's/Keystone/CBT, this is a steal! So if you own a copy, please don't share! They really did a great job on this DVD and they deserve the revenue for this gem!

Thanks again Neal and DVPress!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow the best one yet, June 22, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Beginner's Java 2 v1.5 2004 on DVD (DVD)

Neal Ford is an excellent trainer. I have purchased DV Press titles in the past, but I have never learned so much about a subject. This is th best title I have seen come out on Java v1.5.

Job well done by Neal Ford and DV Press.