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Java Programming Language Handbook: The Ultimate Source for Conquering the Java Programming Language

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I can't tell you how many books on Java assume you are migrating from C. I appreciate a book that takes you from the ground level and delivers steps in very easily to grasp portions. If you are just beginning - there is NO substitute!!

This book has covered all the basics of Java 1.0, with good examples to illustrate the concepts.

Suitable for professional with pre-concepts of OO.

The writing is just to the point for a professional beginner. But it must be updated to include the coming release of JDK 1.2, especially about the Java UI and Security which have got substantial enhancements.

Having read 7 or 8 books in an attempt to learn Java from scratch, I found this book to be a godsend. So many other "Intro To Java" books are written for people who have a background in C or C++ and so they throw around nomenclature from C's object-oriented environment that the new user gets lost. Not this book. EVERYTHING about Java is covered from the beginning, nothing is assumed, and nothing gets lost. I strongly recommend this book over the other Java books I bought and ultimately regretted buying.

The first part is an introduction to Java. I find it skimpy and poorly-written: programmers familiar with C++ will find it a waste of time, whereas novices will find it insufficient.

The second part, the reference area, purports to describe the Java class library, but for the most part is just a list of classes and methods: little effort is made to explain those classes and methods. You'd do better going to Sun's web site and reading the API docs there.

Also, the book is outdated and covers only the Java 1.0 API (not Java 1.1).

I have read 2 and a half Java books, and this one was the most confusing of them. The only good thing about it was that it had some info on JDBC and a quick-guide card (which I did not review)