Customer Reviews

Core Java 1.1 Volume II Advanced Features

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I bought this book with the intention of providing some in-depth Java information for new guys starting on our project, and it looks like it will do the job. I would say it is most useful for people who know lots of C/C++ and have done a little Java, and now they want to get into networking or RMI or something like that. On the other hand, I am a pretty experienced Java programmer, and it taught me a few things.

My favourite section was the one on image producers, consumers and filters. All of the other topics are covered in quite a lot of detail. For example, there is code showing you how to access a CGI script from a Java client, and details on Java serialisation. I think no matter how experienced and hard-core you are, you won't be offended by the content of this book, and you will learn something.

I only gave it 4 stars because it takes 600+ pages to explain about twice as much as Java in a Nutshell does in 100 pages, and I spent a lot of time flicking over long listings. Despite the verbosity though, the content is all there and easy to read. I'd definitely recommend this book for the project library.

This title contains many useful code fragments and useful information for all levels reader.

I recommend strongly to buy this book. It covers perfectly the majority of advanced stuff in Java. It's really well written, accurate and rich. It will allow you to feel the power of Java repecting Networking, Object distribution, Beans, Data connectivity, Wrapping, and so on. After reading this book you will feel Java as a real programming tools as C++, and other. So much advanced concepts within just one book, I never saw that ...

I thought volume one was a great book a definate must have. The second volume is terribly boring and unorganized. You can really tell they hurried through volume 2. Maybe the 1.2 version will be better?

As an introducton to Java programming, this book is lacking in 3 important categories:
1) The sample code is largely uncommented.
When a beginner reads through a sample program, s/he should
see as many comments (notes to the reader) as possible.
For example, "This method is a part of the standard JAVA library; its options are ....",
or "This method is a creation of the authors.
It's fully explained in chapter [],
and contained on the CD that accompanies the book."
or simply "This method / variable does [thus'n'such job] within the program."

2) These authors thoroughly understand their subject,
but are not expert writers. Too often, their grammar
is too convoluted to effectively communicate the authors'
message. Strunk & White (Authors of "Elements of Style")
are no doubt spinning in their graves.

3) The blurb says that this is a serious book,
for serious programmers, and devoid of "toy programs".
At first glance, this sounds like a good thing.
However, please remember that WIT means both INTELLIGENCE
*and* HUMOR. Other programming tutorials (by other
authors) often included humor as a way to retain the readers' interest. Humor is an effective way to
retain readers' interest, without sacrificing the concrete
value of the lessons' contents.
THIS book, however, lacks any entertainment value along
the long road to understanding Java. Therefore, if you
choose THIS book, then expect that your attention will
often wander. This book will kill your interest.

This book is comprehensive and written by competent programmers, but it aims high over the heads of casual programmers, and *fails* to deliver a comprehensible and enjoyable tutorial/introduction to JAVA programming.
There ARE comprehensible, well written, and enjoyable tutorials about JAVA... go get 'em !

The book lives upto its promises and explains all the advanced features that have been incorporated in Java.I used it basically for java rmi and beans.If you really want to enjoy java's newer features...go for it.

Good book written with a great deal of professionalism, details the advanced features of the language and also explains the evolution of these features. Neat examples - I like the attitude of the authors in detailing the features, they are pragmatic and there is no excessive hype about the language.

After reading these two volumes (Core Java 1.1 vol. I&II), only hands-on experience will truly add anything.
I have managed to go from interested sparetime testing to implementing full-fledged solutions in just two weeks after-work studying by reading them. H&C manage to cover the area in fair depth from syntax to some fine details of imaging, streams and beans. They do it with a fresh air of distance to the subject, where critisism or applause is in place, they give it.
The large number of examples provides an invaluable source when you are about to implement your own solutions.
I will recommend these titles for our inhouse Java training to come.

If you are an experienced Java programmer, this book should be on the top of your wish list.  The chapter 7, 'Java Beans', alone is well worth the price of the book.  I have not seen that many Java books that are as thorough as this one.  It is very obvious that the authors of this book put so much efforts into this book to make it better than previous edition.

I don't hesitate to recommend this book to everybody who wants gain expert knowledge on the advanced Java features.

Hello,
My name is Johnathan Mark Smith from the Staten Island Java Group and I would just like to tell everyone on the internet that this book is hot, hot, hot.
If you are looking to learn java beans, databases, distributed objects or multithreading then this book is the right on for you.

I think every java programmer (OK, every REAL java programmer) should have this book.