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Programming With Java!

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This introductory book does not worth its price at all. A CD-ROM examples does not work, long file names not supported. Many bugs on the printed pages. As an intoductory book with so many bugs does not make beginner's life easier. Today it is outdated so hopefully not on stock.

This book presents topics in an unorganized manner. The information presented is not very detailed either. The lack of details makes it not appropriate for beginners and the poor orgainization makes it useless for experienced developers. Highly recommend avoiding this book.

This is a good book to begin with. It, with Sun's online information will get you well on your way started. Unfortunatly, there does not seem to be a newer edition availible so the CD ROM examples do not work. The writing is very good for a computer book and the is plenty of good background information all Java programmers need to know. Also, it tells you how to get the software. If you factor in the price, then this book is a must buy

Java! gives you a hint of what programming Java is like. If you want a book which can guide you to finish your first Java project (especially for the Java competition), you can leave this book alone. In some of the chapters, like the AWT Class Library, the example it presents is far too complicate and the explanation is limited. The online documentation provided by Sun, though not very explanatory at many places, does provide a lot more valuable information.

Java! gives a complete view about Java including: Java environment, Java programming language, applet, awt, classes, interfaces with C programs and Java Virtual Machine, that you usually don't find all together in a book. It introduces to Java in a very easy and didactic way, that we couldn't find in a reference book, thanks to Tim Ritchey's wide knowledge from artificial intelligence to archaeology. So it's great as your first book about Java. And after you may select another book to go more deeply on some specific topic, as "The Java Programming Language (The Java Series)" of Ken Arnold, James Gosling - that you can find in the Amazon's catalog - for multithreading (one of the greatest features of Java). The CD-ROM that comes with Java! helps you to don't waste your precious time on typing and downloading softwares for Win NT, Win 95 and Solaris. I appreciated and recommend it!