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Problem Solving with Java, Update (2nd Edition)

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I am a 1st year student at a computer science & management study in the Netherlands where they chose this book to teach us how to program Java. I'm not the only one who doesn't agree with their choice. It is unstructured, giving you assignments at the end of each chapter without enough explanations on how to do the things they ask. They base their explanations on just one example and give unclear overviews of the structure of java. A week after starting the course I went straight to the bookstore for a better book (Java: How to program, Deitel & Deitel)

This book was a horrible guide to learning JAVA. It is riddler with errors, both English and logic. For a book that makes an attempt for simplicity by using such methods as SimpleIO and SimpleGUI, it will really set a bad seed to a beginning programmer. There are far better books on the market that will offer the user a lot less confusion.

If you are an experience programmer, and looking for fast and easiest Java Data structure and Algorithm book... Look no further! This is the one (it covers almost all the basic data structures and shows you how to take advantages of Java classes and language).

This book is probably the worst choice for teaching someone new to programming. My copy is a tattered shred from being thrown across the rooms on numerous occasions. Now that I have been programming for a couple of years, some of their explanations still seem complicated. Here is one example of many: "programmers say that void methods are executed for their effect..." An experienced programmer will understand it, but if you are new to programming this is probably the worst explanation ever. The writers probably tried to be as technically accurate and concise as possible, and it makes sense to someone who already knows the material, but this book caused me a lot of aggravation.

This book is for people who have at least some programming experience for sure, and it solidate my understand about OOP with Java through lively examples. It explained essential OOP concept such as Encapsulation, Inheritance, Polymorphism in plain english and I could easily understand. The most interest topic about this book are those interviews with some Java pioneers. I would definitely recommend this book to people who have at least written some procedural programming b4, and want to adapt the OOP way of doing things.

The one of easiest Structure & Algorithm book I ever read. It shows you how to build basic programming structure such as Binary tree, Linked list, and others. Also, it covers various aspect of Java programming; Object oriented design, GUI user interface, and Software development method.

However, it lacks the detail description of Java language, so I recommend you to have other Java programming reference guide.

It was very easy to read; even for me (non-native English speaker). Since I knew other object oriented programming, I was able to finish the book within 4 days. My favorite part is chapter 11 (Recursion).