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Summary: Good, but not good for freshmen and sophomore CS majors
Review: Part I of this book gave me a good refresh of the things that I learntin my Computer Science II course. Other parts are good reference to myjava programming project. I would definitely recomment junior and senior CS majors to use this book as a secondary reference for your java projects. For freshmen and sophomore, I would suggest not to buy this book. That's because doesn't talk too much about fundamental programming concepts (e.g. how to do so and so using which commands, etc...) END
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Summary: This is GOOD
Review: This is an ideal book for programmers in their priliminary / middle stages of Java. Great book to refer back to once you have reached advanced level. I think it is a must have for J - prgrammers
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Summary: Good book to start and also refer to later
Review: I'd recomend this book to every one who is in the preliminary / middle stage of learning Java. It is also a good book to refer to once you are more experienced. The examples are perticularly good. Go for it ..
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Summary: Excellent Book for both beginners and for reference
Review: The title says it all. This can be the first book to learn Java, even for those new to programming.
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Summary: An Excellent Tutorial
Review: Knowing about 15 programming languages, I've read many well written and poorly written programming tutorials in my day. After reading this book, I am convinced that this is not only the best Java book that I have ever read, but one of the best programming books that I have ever read. What separates it from the rest are its clarity and organization. I mean, engineers don't always make the best writers. However, Naughton and Schildt make an excellent combination. This book is perfect for Java newbies and Object Oriented newbies. But even though I think this is a great programming book, I would not recommend this book or the Java language to programming newbies. That is, I would never suggest learning an Object Oriented language as your first programming language. Otherwise, if you can't learn Java from this book, maybe programming is not your calling!
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Summary: too slanted from a C/C++ mindset
Review: At first this book seemed pretty good. Code examples were everywhere. But from a closer read, I was somewhat disappointed. The author (or authors) presents the material in a very C++ point of view. The primitive data types get an overwelming presentation, while fundamental classes are delayed to a back-end read. Should an inattentive reader that, after reading just the first third of the book, start coding, there would be terrible consequences in the quality of the code. By the way: the book looks impressive because of its thickness and size and weight. But the same number of pages are in books of smaller girth that utilize a thinner and higher quality paper (and it is no coincidence that such books are also more expensive). Gotta give alot of credit to the O'Reilly publishers for their outstanding books.
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Summary: Very Good book to start with
Review: Its realy good book to start java learning.Cover practically all aspects of java.Advanced topics are not explained in full particularly JDBC and Beans.Examples required more simplicity.Otherwise great book.
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Summary: Great Book !
Review: This book covers many aspects of Java (upto Servlets). Very clear and crisp explanations without much of meaningless talk.
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Summary: Sexy book, A must read for novices..
Review: I am fully satisfied by this book. As far as other Java books are concerned, they all cover good oops fundas; fine no problems; but when the things come to, how to code, then we get stuck up. This book covers in brief the oops fundas with good examples about how the fundas are actually coded. If you know C & are well conversant with programming then this book is just sexy to understand Java. I would suggest after reading this book one should go for "Thinking in Java". This 2 will make ur fundas & programming just ultimate.
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Summary: Buy it!
Review: Ive been using Java for nearly a year now and this book is top notch for filling in the gaps. Ive purchased a great deal of books, but this one stands out for its practicality. From first appearance the book looks like a long read, I dont like large chunky books, I like books that get to the point and this does just that. Schildt is one of the best and his writing style is very clear and easy to understand.
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