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Title: The Java(TM) Programming Language (3rd Edition) by Ken Arnold, James Gosling, David Holmes ISBN: 0-201-70433-1 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Pub. Date: 05 June, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (52 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Let this be the SECOND book you buy on Java...
Comment: This was the first book I bought on Java, coming from a C background. Clearly the book has been modelled (in style) on 'The C Programming Language' which boded well as I began. However, I soon felt out of my depth. The examples at the beginning of the book required an understanding of concepts not yet covered, leaving me feeling inadequate and frustrated. I agree entirely with the reviewer who recommended Deitel and Deitels 'Java: How To Program' as a companion book (but wait for the third edition which will cover Swing), which has given me the background to appreciate Goslings book as a comprehensive reference source - with examples. To summarize, I was disappointed with the book for my initial purposes but I am now glad to have it in my library.
Rating: 5
Summary: the best intermediate to advanced java book to date
Comment: I'm disappointed with many of the low rated comments, this book is not for beginners, its an intermediate to advanced text. When you read the description it states: "Most of this new edition has the more experienced reader in mind".
I started out with this book in college, it was assigned reading and I hated it, I had to read each page twice. But as I got more proficient with java and wanted to learn all the fine points, I couldn't find another book out there that delves into the core of the language as well as this book does. Most java books out there spend half the book discussing swing and the api classes, but this book discusses the language itself. If you're a software engineer especially, the most difficultly you'll have is debugging complicated code, you'll need to have a good understanding of how java works under the hood.
This book was invaluable to me at work, because I didn't really understand why certain variables weren't getting updated, until I read that unless you specify them as volatile, a class will keep a cached copy of them. I had problems with the order of initialization of certain variables in a subclass, and then I read that top most super class gets instantiated first, then its subclass, on down the line, fields first, then the constructor guts.
You can assume that any book written by the creator(s) of a language wont be introductory, but will give you an in depth look at the finer points of the language that other, more cursory books, gloss over.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good for experienced user, not for beginners
Comment: This is the best book by far to explain Java itself, concise and clear cut, but don't expect to get much out of it if you haven't done any Java coding or are just getting started. After you code Java seriously for a while, you'll find this book beautiful.
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Title: Effective Java Programming Language Guide by Joshua Bloch ISBN: 0201310058 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Pub. Date: 05 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Java in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition by David Flanagan ISBN: 0596002831 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Java(TM) Language Specification (2nd Edition) by Bill Joy, Guy Steele, James Gosling, Gilad Bracha ISBN: 0201310082 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Pub. Date: 05 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Thinking in Java (3rd Edition) by Bruce Eckel ISBN: 0131002872 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 06 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: The C++ Programming Language (Special 3rd Edition) by Bjarne Stroustrup ISBN: 0201700735 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Pub. Date: 15 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $64.99 |
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