Customer Reviews

Core Java (Java Series (Mountain View, Calif.).)

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As a C/C++ programmer, picking up Java should have been fairly easy. HOWEVER, this book took me the long way around the barn. The author talks gibberish. In the end, I had to toss the book and get another. The book I ended up with was Peter Norton's Guide to Java Programming--a much better guide to everything you need to know

This book is by far the best and most informative book that I have read. This book is best for those with a little bit of Java experience (those who had read the Teach Yourself series of books). It explains the fundamentals very well, although it is really not for Java 1.1. I am disappointed that it did not cover the new messaging format AT ALL! While there are people who complain that the book uses too much of the author's own library, I must say that the library is simply quite wonderful and useful. The basic stuff in Java is just too damn clumpsy and primitive to use. If you want to know just the bare essential, just look at the Java online help, why buy any books at all? I also found that most of the program work (I have hard time starting the programs in the Applet chapter to run on Netscape under Solaris). This book is especially good for those who like the style: theory, syntax, real useful examples I can't wait for the update of this book...

This is an excellent reference book, the best that I have. Theauthor tells you what you generally need to know. As you become aJava expert you will be able to extract the additional details from the JDK documentation or from the Sun Java www site. The book comes with an excellent example of a class library which you can use directly in your code or use it as a starting point and develop your own improved version. This book might be an excellent tutorial if you like information that is to-the-point. This is a must-have!

Having completed all 13 Chapters of CoreJava, I would recommendthis book whole-heartedly. I am surprised by some of the reader'sresponse which indicated non-working examples in the book. I have tried all the book's examples on both Windows 95 (JDK 1.1.2) and Linux (JDK 1.0.2 -- chapman:10/12/12-23:12) and they worked, except for the messages warning of deprecated methods in JDK 1.1.2. (One of the example -- the Image1.java example in Chapter 6 had problems running in Linux).

I felt that this was one of the better computer books I read to date. It covered all the important topics in Java. The topics are very well-organized, making the book a good reference book as well. The many examples were good, and illustrated a working model for many projects.

The book included a corejava library that has many common C/C++ functions (e.g. atoi) and useful functions (e.g. readInt) with full source code for the reader to use. However, the library is used only in a few examples, and do not constitute of what the book teaches. If a reader is interested in getting the job done, they can utilize the corejava library as is; and for those who want do not like that idea can make their own libraries with the knowledge taught by the book, or by viewing the source code for the library.

The biggest problem I had is an unavoidable problem related to publishing: the book is out-of-date since it covers mainly ver. 1.0.2 of Java, lacking coverage of JavaBeans, etc.. The other problem was the lack of coverage on programming Applets (only one chapter).

The authors of Core Java have done it again. Thenew edition of this book covers complex conceptsmaking java programming easier to understand and use for experienced programmers as well as students.

This book seems great on the outside. Then, you buy it, andnot really noticing this before, you see import java.core.*; orsomething else. Let me say one thing, why would I want to use *your* library? Teach us what java can do, not what your library is capable of! Stick to the basics, and cover user-defined libraries in one or two chapters. I took the book back to Walden, and got my money back. I have to say, the book looks great and is very informative. But, when someone has to start using their own libraries to get things done, I have to wonder...especially coming from the source!

This book says it is very comprehensive and easy to learn forthose C/C++ Experts. Not really as it says. I've been reading thisbook for quite awhile and actually tested some of the codes from book which turns out to give me a garbage! It doesn't even run as it supposed to. It might be a lot better if author wrote more core concepts than putting those NON-WORKING EXAMPLES!

Well, this book give me a knowledge really depth about allJava, by other hand I have learned all about OOP with this book(I comefrom VB),I strongly recommend for those that want learn Java!,due to is one of the best Java's book that I have read.

This is an excellent reference for programmers who^M have someprogramming experience. Excellent for C/C++ programmers. A must haveif you want to learn the language quickly and comprehensively.

I found that this book glossed over many important aspects of Java programming--too many to make it a good choice for anyone but an expert programmer. The problem is that if you already know the missing pieces, you don't need this book.