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Java For Dummies

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I bought the book in passing at the book store. because i was sure that my understanding of Java would undoubtedly increase if only to some small degree.

We all know that Java is such an enormous beast of a programming language that although it's been tackled countless times, it seemingly can never be even partially conquered.

So i gave ita shot.

I read from page 1-120 on the first night, and returned the book to the book store the next day.

There is more Java in my now-empty cup of coffee than there is in this entire book.

Not one line of code in this book. That's right. Not one line of Java Code. There are however countless <PARAM> tags showing you basically how to use applets created and written IN JAVA by somone else.

In short it shows you how to use other peoples java.

I would have dipped into STUPID had i not brought the book back to the store the very next day, instead i reamain simply a DUMMIE for having bought it in the first place.

This is a terrible book. I thought, 'mabye I have some mental block against learning java', beciase no matter how hard I tried, I could not get anything out of this book. I knew C, C++ and assembly, but got NOTHING from this book. Then I picked up a different book(can't remember the title), and learned an incredible amount in only a few days. Do not buy.

i thought this was a programming book and i could learn commands etc and syntaxes etc of java language but this book has no commands or does not treat java as a language but as a tool and says you can use java in webpages without a single line of code!

i did not read the book though once surfing through the pages i came to know it is not a programmers book,not a java programming starters tool!

maybe i have to buy another book to learn programming!

this may not be what you think it is!

Maybe I just missed something on the back cover, but this book doesn't teach you anything about Java. While I liked HTML for Dummies, this one is incorrectly titled. It should have been How to Use One Little Statement in HTML. All that's covered is how to use the <APPLET> command. If, like me, you want to learn how to write applets, you'll need another book.

I bought this thing at the local Wal-mart one day hoping to learn some Java in my spare time. In the first day, I read through page 150 and was ready to call myself a dummy, as the book's title told me I was. I do have to say that, although the dummies series has taught me many things, it does have its setbacks. I have a shelf with 14 dummies books that don't teach me anything I want to or don't already know. You can probable find out by all the other reviews that you are truly a dummy if you buy this, but I just want to help clarify why.

1) It stated so many times how to use and what the "<object>, , and <embed>" tags that I was mixing them in with other words for many days afterward.
2)I read through the rest of the book the next day, just before I was going to return it, and found absolutely no piece of Java programming. Believe me, and all other reviews that say this, when I tell you that all it wants you to do is copy the code from websites.
3)I do have to say that I like some of Aaron Walsh's books, this one is badly formed. He repeated so many statements and facts indirectly that I probably only learned what a compacted version could have taught me in 15 pages.
4)Lastly, I have to tell you some of my recomendations for other books that do teach you Java programming.
-1-Beginning Programming with Java for Dummies: One of the dummies books that are approvable. Teaches you Java even if you don't know what the internet itself is (you will know by the end). I have to tell you that if you know some Java programming and are looking for advanced beginners to intermediate level of programming in Java, this book is not for you. (After this book, look for Java 2 for Dummies for intermediateish level)
-2-Java Programming for the Absolute Beginner (For the Absolute Beginner (Series).): Gives an adequate -- not necessarily excelent -- look at the Java programming language.
-3-Java: A Beginner's Guide, Third Edition (Beginner's Guide): Once again, not a perfect way to learn Java at a beginning stage, but it will do if you're not going to be a professional Java programmer anytime soon.

This book is a great way to learn how to use Java in your Web site. This was perfect for me since I don't want to program (I think Java Programming for Dummies is for programmers, the Java for Dummies book I bought is perfect for non-programmers like me!).

From reviews I've read here about this book I think people must have wanted the Java Programming for Dummies instead of Java for Dummies. If you want to use Java applets and applications, but don't want to program, this is the one. If you want to program, I think the programming Java book is what you should buy. This book has lots of free applets and tools for using Java in your Web site, and helps you also install Java applications on your desktop, all without having to program at all. Finally I now understand all the ins-and-outs of the APPLET tag and all its variations thanks to Java for Dummies!

java for dummies? no way, more like applets for people who arleady know a little. this is the worst java book i have ever bought, a major wast of money. this book covers only applets, and does a poor job of it! i am still braindead about applets, i know how to take them from other pages, but do not know how to write my own.

First of all, this book is not actually about java programming, it's about puting applets on your web page. There isn't a line of java code anywhere. It is not very well written and it is way too long for its topic. With all the <embed>s and <objects> nowadays, putting applets on your page is hard, but not that hard. Who wants to read several chapters on passing parameters to an applet when you don't kno how to make the applet recieve them? Who wants to pay someone to program for them, like it suggests, when they know how to program begginer HTML anyway? And you would think they would wake the title different, or at least mention in the first chapter that this book is not actually about java programming. Big rip-off.

I missed the part that stated that this book was not for programming. It should have been more than 2 words in the synopsis of the book. The whole book (mostly) was how to use the <APPLET> tag. So not what I was looking for.

This is the dummest dummies book ever written. It says the same thing over and over again in 350 plus pages. I took nothing away from this book except a feeling of having been duped into buying it.