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4.0 out of 5 stars Not too shabby
This is a very good book for those who want to get a good start on learning Java 1.1. Even for those with no OOP experience, it teaches you abstraction, interfacing, overloading, and the basic Java syntax. As far as all that goes, it's great.

When it starts getting into AWT, it starts jumping ahead a bit too quickly. AWT is something that needs lots of coverage and...

Published on June 19, 1997

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Book not well received by students
We used this book to teach an introductory Java course for experienced programmers. Without exception the students didn't like the book. They felt they really couldn't learn from it--topics are covered too quickly. They wanted a text with a more step-by-step approach and one with more examples.
Published on November 19, 1998


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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Not too shabby, June 19, 1997
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This review is from: Mastering Java 1.1 (Paperback)
This is a very good book for those who want to get a good start on learning Java 1.1. Even for those with no OOP experience, it teaches you abstraction, interfacing, overloading, and the basic Java syntax. As far as all that goes, it's great.

When it starts getting into AWT, it starts jumping ahead a bit too quickly. AWT is something that needs lots of coverage and lots of examples and explaining, and Mastering Java 1.1 is lacking here. The on-CD examples sometimes lack the .java source, and in some cases, the .java sources are riddled with compile time and runtime errors, or trivial typos, like getId() instead of getID(), proving that the publisher (or whomever) didn't prooftest them. I've even caught the book using a few deprecated usages such as resize() instead of setSize().

Overall, not a bad book at all. I've got a firm grasp on the basics and non-visual part of Java, but I'm frustrated with it when it comes to learning AWT: GUI, animation, images, etc. This book leaves the reader to desire something a bit more complete and less in a hurry.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Book not well received by students, November 19, 1998
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This review is from: Mastering Java 1.1 (Paperback)
We used this book to teach an introductory Java course for experienced programmers. Without exception the students didn't like the book. They felt they really couldn't learn from it--topics are covered too quickly. They wanted a text with a more step-by-step approach and one with more examples.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Looking for learn real 1.1 java coding???, January 17, 1998
This review is from: Mastering Java 1.1 (Paperback)
If you are looking to learn real java 1.1 coding then this is the book for you. Mastering java 1.1 is one of the faw books out today that will see you have to code with java to the 1.1 spec ! !
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5.0 out of 5 stars A very well organized, and laid out plan of Java, June 4, 1998
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I like the book for the way the approach is organized, and all the components, and details are patiently and thoroughly studied, no assumption is made about what you know , and the plan to this complicated program is laid out in a very understandable way
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