Customer Reviews

Essential Java 3d Fast

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This book has obviously been constructed in a very short time. This is evident in the numerous errors in the included source code (not small errors either). Incorrectly referenced pictures also give this book an extremely slow progression. Fundamental concepts to Java3D are included and documented in a comprehendible manner. Another irritating factor with this book is that a third of the content is source code which can be obtained on the WWW anyway. The authors interpretation of the word 'FAST' is quite simply to rush and make copius errors.

Final verdict - Unfortunately the typo's, erroneous fig references and content make this book a bit of a.... A much better book is "Java 3D Programming" by Daniel Selman (value for money!). Sorry Ian.

This is a nice introduction to Java3D. However it is lacking in explaining the more fundamental issues regarding 3D. But then again, this book was not written for that purpose.. Overall a good book to practice 3D programming in Java

I agree with the reader from the UK. This book was not checked for integrity. There are numerous syntax errors. The code examples in the book were obviously not written and compiled for the simple reason : it wouldn't have run ! Even though this book does give a pretty quick jump start into java 3D it is not a book i'd buy.

This book is great. I've been looking into some rapid 3D techniques and this is the daddy. The book is put together well and the author obviously knows his stuff. This is a new area for the evolving language and I'm sure that more attention will be given to it in future, particularly with the publication of books like this.