Mr. Bunny's Big Cup o' Java™ [Paperback]

Carlton Egremont (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0201615630 | ISBN-13: 978-0201615630 | Publication Date: April 22, 1999 | Edition: 1

There is simply no better way to learn Java than to have the pineal gland of an expert Java programmer surgically implanted in your brain. Sadly, most HMOs refuse to pay for this career saving procedure, deeming Java to be too experimental. At last there is an alternative treatment for those of us who cannot wait for sweeping health care reforms. Mr. Bunny's Big Cup O' Java is recommended by n out of ten doctors, where n is any integer you wish to make up to impress an astoundingly gullible public. The book begins with an overview of the book, and quickly expands into the book itself. Just look at the topics covered: *Mr. Bunny's rucksack *Farmer Jake's overalls *Java In short, MBBCOJ will teach you all you need to know for a successful career in today's rabbit development environments. "I sincerely hope this book increases the donor pool." --CE3 The Mr. Bunny series is supported, endorsed, and authored by Carlton Egremont III, Esquire, recluse, and all-around weirdo. It is the official place to go when you simply must go someplace official. The books in this series provide no information whatsoever. The series is an indispensable resource for Janet from Reno...from the hip The Mr. Bunny series 0201615630B04062001

Editorial Reviews

Review

"If you buy the book as a satirical take on other programming instruction books, then you may very well be delighted... It's a lark." -- Slashdot.org

From the Back Cover

There is simply no better way to learn Java than to have the pineal gland of an expert Java programmer surgically implanted in your brain. Sadly, most HMOs refuse to pay for this career saving procedure, deeming Java to be too experimental. At last there is an alternative treatment for those of us who cannot wait for sweeping health care reforms.

Mr. Bunny's Big Cup O' Java is recommended by n out of ten doctors, where n is any integer you wish to make up to impress an astoundingly gullible public.

The book begins with an overview of the book, and quickly expands into the book itself. Just look at the topics covered:

• Mr. Bunny's rucksack
• Farmer Jake's overalls
• Java

In short, MBBCOJ will teach you all you need to know for a successful career in today's rabbit development environments.

"I sincerely hope this book increases the donor pool."
--CE3

The Mr. Bunny series is supported, endorsed, and authored by Carlton Egremont III, Esquire, recluse, and all-around weirdo. It is the official place to go when you simply must go someplace official. The books in this series provide no information whatsoever. The series is an indispensable resource for Janet from Reno.
...from the hip The Mr. Bunny series

0201615630B04062001

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 1 edition (April 22, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201615630
• ISBN-13: 978-0201615630
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #974,039 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent, short, entertaining, accurate introduction, April 27, 2000

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Amrit Tiwana "www.bus.iastate.edu/tiwana" (Decatur, Georgia, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mr. Bunny's Big Cup o' Java™ (Paperback)

WARNING: Do not read this book in a brick-and-mortar bookstore or you'll have people stare at you when they see you laugh uncontrollably. This is an excellent book for the beginner. The concepts are explained in way that is hard to forget. This reminds me of David Pogue's books: Accurate, yet enjoyable. This is not a book for the hard nosed Java programmer, but definitely worth a read for someone who is starting out with Java. Concepts are explained very accurately, and this is far removed from the 600-page tomes in the sense that this is safer: It's not heavy enough to smash your PC screen when you cant get that dang program to work! Interestingly enough, someone with little programming experience can also get the jokes. And for the other reviewers who take programming a little too seriously to be fun: Get a life! Also make sure you visit the author's (or publisher's?) home page at mrbunny.com. Highly and heartily recommended.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Read as satire or don't read at all, November 11, 2001

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Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mr. Bunny's Big Cup o' Java™ (Paperback)

Satire is a very difficult topic to write well and to maintain the flow and quality over the course of an entire book is one of the rarest of achievements. This book is a satire on the Java language and while it has many good points that are quite funny, it does lag and at times, becomes a bit repetitive. Trust me, if you read this book with the thought that you will learn something significant about the Java language, you will be very disappointed. Reading it for any purpose other than amusement will probably bore you to going back to programming in BASIC.
However, if your purpose is to have a little fun and take some time to reduce your level of seriousness about the fast-paced world of programming, then this is a book that you may like. I have inserted the word "may" because it is necessary for you to have a taste for satire to enjoy it.
Quite frankly, I did not enjoy reading the first few pages, as I had not yet placed myself in the satirical state of mind. But once I did so, I went back to the start and read it over, enjoying the (un)subtle turn of computing phrases. This is not a book that everyone can enjoy, but if you fit the previously stated caveats, then it is possible to read it with pleasure.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Funniest thing in print (for people who know Java), December 18, 2003

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Alan Manse (San Jose) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mr. Bunny's Big Cup o' Java™ (Paperback)

I don't get the negative reviews. Well, whatever. This is pure, hilarious, brilliant, hurts-when-you-laugh from a guy who knows his Java. Don't expect to learn anything about Java. It's just a stream of great injokes. Includes enormous curly braces, examples of white space, meeting "the primitives", explaining interfaces with a guy who's the mayor and a sheriff and a painter and a whole bunch of other things. And the illustrations are hilarious for anyone who's suffered through too many life cycle illustrations, those silly marketing layer diagrams, and "simple" illustrations of how Java works.

Anyone who knows the difference between an interface and a class will love this.