Customer Reviews

Java Primer Plus: Supercharging Web Applications With the Java Programming Language

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It is really great to find a book that actually delivers what was promised on the back cover. I did not know anything about Java but wanted to get up to speed quickly. The book assumes that you do not know anything about programming or OOP and builds from there. The examples are great and very practical, not to mention that they actually work !. Having completed the book I still find myself referencing it from time to time. Money well spent...and to the authors, well done.

Just a note to let you know that the JAVA PRIMER PLUS is one of the top ten IT books in my library. In an industry where 50% of the books out there is, well, crap, yours is very well written, easy to read and thorough. Your writing style is similiar to the guys who wrote 'Essential Client Server Survival Guide', I can't quite remember the authors names. Steven Feuerstein is another author who's writing style is similiar to yours in that it is easy to read and the author knows his subject matter.

A job well done and I hope you update this book by covering JDK 1.2

Thanks.

This book explains the concepts of Java programming very well and with ample examples. For the less experienced programmer some of the concepts may be hard to grasp, such as OOP and classes if you do not have a C++ background. None the less it is a very good book which doesn't bore you after the first few pages. It is not a book where you will learn all (but which book is) but it sets the necessary grounds on which to write a decent complex application or applet. Marius Botha (Mbotha@new.co.za)

I am a computer engineer; an expert in all things relating to computer hardware and software. I've never read this book but I will tell you now: In my EXPERT opinion, you should NOT purchase this book under ANY circumstances. The reason I've never read this book is because I know for a fact that it is a useless compilation of garbage. If you enjoy wasting your time, then get this book. If you are interested in Java programming, you should consider an alternative. I do not endorse any competing book. I will just reiterate one final time: THIS IS NOT THE BOOK TO GET!

-David Zorba
-Electrical and Computer Engineer

I have a background in C/C++ and even with that, I still found this book awkward. The sample code is broken, meaning they place a few lines of code, discuss some more code, place the code they described, and repeat this several times for the whole book. I found that in 'Teach Yourself C in 21 Days', the code was discussed after the program code was placed (in one piece), which I found very helpful. On the back cover on this Java book, it claims that I can, and I quote, 'Become fluent in the hottest new Internet programming language' I'm still no better off than before I read this book. This is the reason I gave this book only one star.