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Using Java 1.2 (Using ... (Que))

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In my opinion, there are 2 major flaws with this book: - it is intended for C++ programmers moving to JAVA (which I'm not) & the organisation of the content lacks structure. Of the 5 JAVA books I have read this is close to the weakest, which is a shame as the author tries to cover ground which other books don't do e.g. UML, design patterns, SQL. The author definitely has excellent knowledge of the material but it is presented in a confusing style - poor layout and too much waffle and irrelevant information. If you want a pure JAVA book or have no knowledge of C++ development, try something else.

Yes and No. The book is excellent at giving an overview of many concepts that are pertinent to understanding the plethora of all that comprise the Java technology and how it all generally works together. But as for an intermediate rated programming book with lots of programming examples, it is terrible. The book is notorious for talking about Java programming concepts and never showing you how to do it nor giving effective coding samples. As for presenting Java programming, the book reminds me of bumping into somebody in bar who claims to be a "Java developer/programmer" and talks all the snappy terminology. Then when you ask them a specific question, they change the subject.

I bought this book because of the publisher. I read good computer book from the same publisher before. But this book really disappointed me. I read the first few chapters of this book, but I don't want to spend my time on this book anymore. This book is not organized, it is hard to read, it does not have easy to understand example. It is definitely not for beginner. Save your time and money, buy another JAVA book.

This is the worst book that I have ever bought, because 1)the code inside the book has many obvious typos and mistakes 2)the writer does not know how to explain even the very basic concepts 3)the book was written without much thought and editing. The whole purpose of this book is just for the publisher and the author to get some quick bucks. After a week of frustration I decided to dump it in the trash can, and I did. I am a well-trained computer scientist and I cannot make any sense out of this junk, can you?

I like the way the author explains how java applets and applications work. This book should especially help beginners, but more experienced programmers might learn something from this book too.

1) Many topics are just superficially described. 2) Examples contain errors. 3) Sometimes Confusing

Very similar in contents to Bruce Eckel's, Thinking in Java book with graphical illustrations, added in.

Initially I didn't have much faith in any of the "Using ...." books, since they are mostly very shallow, and done in a hurry without good organization and materials that are really useful to the programmer. This Java book is a wonderful surprize ! It explains everything in a very clear way, and points out many tricky and important issues that most other books seem to ignore by default. What's even more amazing is that : this is a beginner's book, yet it covers topics that are important to any serious professional programmer, eg., object oriented analysis and design, UML, even sections about distributed programming using CORBA ! Although the official JDK 1.2 release is not out yet, this book got most key issues of the new release covered. One can easily tell that the author really did put some thoughts in integrating the subject in this book so that it guides the readers step-by-step to proficiency in Java programming. I highly recommend this book to go with Horstmann's "Core Java" series of books and Eckel's "Thinking in JAVA".

In this book, you will find most of the technique in Java Programing with the clear explaination! It is the best Choice if you wish to learn Java.

Using Java 1.2 will teach you alot about programming in java. This books will cover most of the skills you need to become a java programmer