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Summary: Very handy for learning by doing!
Review: This book is one of the few Java books that are really worth to buy. It is packed with excellent examples right from the beginning. If you are a serious Java programmer and look to see many different topics in just one book (this is very important these days), then this book is indispensable to you.
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Summary: Must Have For Everyone
Review: This book will save you hours and even days of looking through long winded textbooks or the poorly organized API docs from Sun.One example, "A complete GUI" saved me hours in bringing together all the different parts of a typical GUI program in one place. i.e. two pages.
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Summary: Good but better with the other books...
Review: This book, combined with Java in a Nutshell and Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell make for one great reference on Java. The examples are easy to follow and are well commented. Flanagan includes examples covering Java basics, objects, classes, input and output, threads, networking, security and crypto, internationalization, reflection, object serialization, GUI's, graphics, printing, data transfer, java beans, applets, RMI, DB access, servlets and JSP and some XML. Alone this is a nice book but like I said to get the most out of it, buy the other two books as well. It's well worth it to anyone wanting to further their understanding and knowledge of Java.
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Summary: Good Practical book
Review: This is a good book for 'programmers' who do not need a course on programming and want to jump straight into writing java code. It assumes the reader is familiar with the core language. Contains a lot of examples that can be used in day to day project, either as is, or to be used as a building block. The author should come out with another version which deals with more complex issues geared towards the serious programmer.
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Summary: Awesome book.
Review: This is a relatively inexpensive book with a lot of useful materials. The examples are totally right on the money to explain concepts. Moreover, the examples included in the book are not just a "filler", but they are actually very useful!!! I hope the author can come up with another book similar to this one but with expanded JDK 2 examples and/or more advanced concepts. It is just an awesome book.
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Summary: The VERY BEST Java book available!
Review: When I started to learn Java, I think I purchased ten differentintro books. It seems that it just wasn't "clicking" withthose other books. I happened to pick this one up as well thinking that it would be a great tool after I learned the language. Boy, was I ever wrong! This book is a GREAT book to learn Java!Over and over again, you'll see a "master java programmer" (in my opinion) create simple programs and explain every step. The book goes into more detail, but only a little at a time, nothing overwhelming. This book taught me Java - PERIOD. Leave it to O'Reilly to once again create a phenomenal book like Java Examples in a Nutshell. If I could give it 10 stars, I would. This is still my #1 favorite Java book.
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Summary: The VERY BEST Java book available!
Review: When I started to learn Java, I think I purchased ten differentintro books. It seems that it just wasn't "clicking" withthose other books. I happened to pick this one up as well thinking that it would be a great tool after I learned the language. Boy, was I ever wrong! This book is a GREAT book to learn Java!Over and over again, you'll see a "master java programmer" (in my opinion) create simple programs and explain every step. The book goes into more detail, but only a little at a time, nothing overwhelming. This book taught me Java - PERIOD. Leave it to O'Reilly to once again create a phenomenal book like Java Examples in a Nutshell. If I could give it 10 stars, I would. This is still my #1 favorite Java book.
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Summary: not complete
Review: While I understand the limitations of putting the entire java world in a source example text... but I was bewildered by not seeing a single example using the collection classes. Also, no usage of Swing classes are "example"fied. On a final analysis, I am more interested in source code examples that seem to make sense, compile, run, but yield a different result than was originally intended. Every language has its weaknesses, and these examples become "classic" cases of design flaws. But this book is still great to give an immediate feel on how to do many other tasks.
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