The Complete Idiot's Guide to Java 1.2 (Paperback)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 350 pages
• Publisher: Que Pub
• ISBN-10: 0789718049
• ISBN-13: 978-0789718044
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,289,035 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This book has helped me, January 30, 2000

By	M. Blakeslee (LA, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the fourth book I've looked at in my quest to learn Java. I started with Laura Lemays book which I got from the library but ditched it as soon as received my copy of "Beginning Java 2" from Amazon. I have a little programming experience from twenty years ago so I'm essentially starting at ground zero. Lemay states right off the bat that her book is directed at those with oop programming experience. Many people have reviewed the "Beginning Java 2" book as good for beginners but I had to look to other books by the end of Chapter 3. The examples for me were getting too long with too much left unexplained for me. The phrase,"you'll learn this in a later chapter" was happening too much. I moved to a book "Java !" and stayed with it for as long as I could follow it but moved to "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Java 1.2". For the most part the author thoroughly explains his examples and doesn't just skip over parts and say, "we'll get to that later." I plan on getting back to "Beginning Java 2" but I find I'm needing these other books to fill in the gaps. For me, the Idiot's Guide has been the best intro into Java for me.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A funny and good book but a misleading title., August 3, 1999

By	Thomas Bengtsson (Åryd Sweden) - See all my reviews

I am trying to learn Java and found it a little difficult. I wanted to buy another book instead of my swedish one. I found this title sounding funny. A Complete Idiot is worse than a dummy. I like the writng style of this author. He writes in a very entertaining way and uses allegories to explain things. This he does very well. What I miss in this book is exercises. It is difficult to learn anything by just reading ready code. And the programming code in the end is not for a beginner. When you try to learn something you want to have everything explained. But the difficult code in the end ot the book is only partly explained. That is a minus for still a good book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More of a crash&burn course in Java, December 28, 1999

By	"dna-groove" (Israel) - See all my reviews

Unless you have some former knowledge in OOP and a little more than basic understanding of programming for the Internet, you'll consider yourself an even bigger idiot if/when you reach the end of the book. The chapters are very short and cover vast amounts of knowledge with very little words to explain it. You end up with a handfull of jokes but less than a nutshell of Java. A newbie in programming? this book is not for you. Don't have enough laughter in your life? you might just find this a bargain. :)