Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours (2nd Edition) [Paperback]

Rogers Cadenhead (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2000 | ISBN-10: 0672320363 | ISBN-13: 978-0672320361 | Edition: 2 Sub

Revised and updated edition of the leading Java tutorial for beginners with no previous programming experience. The book's short, simple one-hour chapters are easy to understand and they carefully step the reader through the fundamentals of Java programming. This edition has been updated to cover the new Java SDK version 1.3. Readers love this book -- they say it explains Java better than any other book they've seen, and that it's very clear, well-written, and interesting to read. They even appreciate the author's somewhat unique sense of humor.

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Cadenhead's Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours is a definite beginner's book, a self-tutorial in 24 one-hour chapters. The guides on networking, Threads (the ability of Java to multitask by allowing for multiple processes and actions at the same time), and Swing (a powerful Java interface package for visual design) are for advanced Java programmers but will fit well within most libraries.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Revised and updated edition of the leading Java tutorial for beginners with no previous programming experience. The book's short, simple one-hour chapters are easy to understand and they carefully step the reader through the fundamentals of Java programming. This edition has been updated to cover the new Java SDK version 1.3. Readers love this book -- they say it explains Java better than any other book they've seen, and that it's very clear, well-written, and interesting to read. They even appreciate the author's somewhat unique sense of humor.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 461 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 2 Sub edition (November 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672320363
• ISBN-13: 978-0672320361
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,777,774 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tough Call, July 7, 2000

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"gunn11" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours (Paperback)

Java is not an easy language to learn which is why I believe some folks have chosen to give it a low mark. I didn't find any errors in this book which is refreshing after reading SQL in 24 hours (Bad Book). I didn't however run very much of the code in the book but I did examine most of the code thoroughly and didn't find anything major. The reason I didn't run the examples is that I started with much more advanced books and got knocked back. So I picked this one up and it helped me out quite a bit, in understanding concepts and understanding the classes included in the jdk. The book is written on a very personal level which I liked a lot and I thought the author was funny.

The book does get much more advanced starting in chapter 10, though this is just a part of learning java. The only reason that I didn't give this book a 5 is that author fails to completely explain a few of the examples in the book. This just made me read the examples over and over again until I understood them. Good learning tool. I would definetly not suggest reading Java 2 in 21 days after a book like this, I would go with Beginning Java 2 by Ivor Horton, which is an excellent book but I wouldn't start with Ivor's book, if your knowledge about java=0.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book! Really helped..., December 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I picked up a couple books on JSP and realized I needed to know more about Java. I didn't know anything... until I got this book.

Well written, worded for a novice, this book will teach you the skills you need to become independent in Java programming. I highly recommend it.

Rogers' sense of humor will crack you up as well. It was a pleasant and informative book. I highly recommend it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book For Beginners, November 27, 2000

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Eric Elbaz (New York City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I looked in to many Java 2 books before making this selection.

You may ask why did I choose this book out of all the others? When making purchase I always have three determining factors, How well is this book written? Will I want read this book? (Will it keep my attention long enough to actually be worth what I paid?) And finally price.

This book met all these criteria's quite well. Rogers explains topics with a pleasant sense of humor. And you actually understand what he's talking about.

This book is relatively cheap... you defiantly get your bang for the buck.

THIS BOOK IS PERFECT FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO KNOW WHAT Java 2 IS ALL ABOUT!

I definitely recommend this book.

Eric Elbaz Premier Technologies Inc.