Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours (3rd Edition) by Rogers Cadenhead ISBN: 0-672-32460-1 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 22 October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 (36 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Fun But Not About Programming
Comment: While I enjoyed the book, I was left with the feeling that this was a regimen of programming by example, and that the more structured thought processes necessary for design did not come through. Although there were some pointers to places where students could find out more about Java, the principles themselves were not explained. The best a beginner could expect upon finishing this book would be to replicate the examples and to move on to further reading. The book did tell me what Swing and Java Beans were, but the distinction between a class and an object were never made clear. The choice of different approaches was not explained, and there was no walk-through to show the students how to use the references. Finally, Rogers Cadenhead's humor was a little too salty and impish, and used too many idioms, for an academic class presented in California. This dismayed me a bit, because the range of topics he covered were perfect for an introductory course in extended education.
Rating: 5
Summary: Better than a 1 week course
Comment: My company sent me on a 1 week Java course at considerable cost. This book taught me more in 2 weeks of evening reading. Lessons stick to one-hour time frame throughout (instead of sneakily getting longer towards the end like some Sams books do). The authors humorous interjections are beneficial to the overall learning experience. An excellent introduction to Java and Object oriented programming, worth reading regradless of being superceded by Java 2.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great for those already familiar with programming concepts
Comment: The other reviews are right; this is not a book for those who are beginning programmers. In order to fully appreciate this book, you have to at least understand object-oriented programming in theory, if not actual practice.
Having taken courses in Visual Basic, Java and C++, I'm hardly a begginer. I bought this book so that I could keep fresh on my programming skills between Java classes (no pun intended). This book served as more than a simple refresher, however; I can honestly say that I have learned more about Java 2 in the first half of the book than I have during my entire last quarter at school. This book digs deep into event procedures and error handling; it goes a bit lighter on making the user geenerate multiple interacting classes, and it also goes a bit lighter on the web side (applets) of Java. I would have preferred to switch the chapters on applets with newer ones dealing with ArrayLists and Iterators. The amount of time devoted to GUI's was just about right.
One of my biggest complaints with programming books is that they tend to be dryly written and haphazardly orginized, digging too deep into some matters, while glossing over more intimidating concepts while not providing real-life code examples. Thanfully, that is not the case with this book. I find the authors humor, while a bit esoteric for my tastes, refeshing, and the style of writing agreeable. The topics are all dealt with fairly evenly, and the more intimdaaating concepts were alll given thier fair due. While I know that 24 one-hour lessons may not be that much time in which to cover such topics as ArrayLists and Iterators, perhaps squeezing a bit more into the introductory chapters and glossing over applets (as you can tell, I'm not a big fan of Java applets, and too many books spend way too much time on them anyway) might have helped to introduce (or refamiliarize) readers to these two powerful features.
 |
Title: Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 21 Days, Professional Reference Edition (3rd Edition) by Laura Lemay, Rogers Cadenhead ISBN: 0672324555 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 24 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
 |
Title: Sams Teach Yourself XML in 24 Hours (2nd Edition) by Michael Morrison ISBN: 0672322137 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 18 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
 |
Title: Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours by Michael Moncur ISBN: 0672324067 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 15 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
 |
Title: Sams Teach Yourself HTML & XHTML in 24 Hours, Sixth Edition by Dick Oliver, Michael Morrison ISBN: 0672325209 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 19 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
 |
Title: Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours, Complete Starter Kit (3rd Edition) by Jesse Liberty ISBN: 0672322242 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 24 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
