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Title: Beginning Java 2-Jdk 1.3 Version by Ivor Horton ISBN: 1-86100-366-8 Publisher: Wrox Press Inc Pub. Date: 30 March, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.82 (82 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Don't part with your money just yet
Comment: As a beginner I found this book to be a horrible tutorial! I can't see why fundamental Java concepts, so crucial to the learning curve of the beginner, had to be shown using abstract mathematical formulas! Is there no other way to teach loops and decisions but by using prime numbers? Java is supposed to be object oriented, and that's what the author says too. But his examples are not! They are abstract and esoteric. Engineers can keep up with plenty of numbers here but if you came from a non-math oriented background, be prepared for a long, uphill climb.
I managed to work up to Chapter 4 then gave up. I wanted to learn Java but this book doesn't help by way of clear, concrete examples. For instance, take nested loops. A nested loop is a complex thing for a beginner. Can it get any harder to figure out? Yes! In this book the author illustrated a nested loop using factorials. If you don't know what a factorial is, that's because it's a topic taught at more advanced math courses. If math wasn't your best subject in school, I believe you're out of luck with this book. I agree with many of the unfavorable reviews for this book: the author tends to make simple things complex, or perhaps he just didn't want to spend extra effort to look for more understandable examples for Java concepts?
Luckily, you have a choice! If you're new, stay away from this book and the SDK1.4 edition of the same title. Instead I recommend Smiley's Learn to Program in Java, an excellent, clear guide to grasping Java concepts using practical, easily understood examples that lead to a finished usable program. Also, Java 2, A Beginner's Guide 2nd Edition- both available at Amazon[.com].
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent comprehensive book
Comment: This book has now been chosen as the standard text book in our company.
I say no more. Enjoy it!
Rating: 2
Summary: Mr. Sandman wrote this book...
Comment: It is not the sheer amount of pages that makes this book an efficient sleeping-pill, nor the sometimes unexiting programming-language Java. It is the remarkably unpedagoghical way that Horton presents that puts your lights out.
I wish I could say that the book is atleast a good reference, but since the code is so entangled in the text and the subjects so badly explained, I would be lying.
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Title: An Introduction to Computer Science Using Java by Samuel N. Kamin, M. Dennis Mickunas, Edward M. Reingold ISBN: 0072323051 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 11 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $96.95 |
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Title: Modern Database Management (6th Edition) by Jeffrey A. Hoffer, Mary B. Prescott, Fred R. McFadden ISBN: 0130339695 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 15 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $125.00 |
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Title: Enterprise Java Computing : Applications and Architectures by Govind Seshadri, Gopalan Suresh Raj, Barry McGibbon ISBN: 0521657121 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 28 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Sun One Studio Programming by Inc. NIIT, Rashim Mogha, Ruchi Bhargava ISBN: 0764549456 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 16 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Mandatory Package: Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications by Kenneth H. Rosen ISBN: 0072930330 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 22 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $126.40 |
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