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Summary: One of the best Java books out there.
Review: I just can't believe some of the reviews from other readers. This book is very well written and the examples are very useful. I've tryed to read "Concurrent Programming in Java", by Doug Lea but this book is unreadable.
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Summary: fast, to the point.
Review: I needed to go beyound the basics of threading in Java. When I perused this book in the store, I found the book ( at least the first couple of chapters ) to be _extremely_ readable, precise and to the point. And with small examples to build on. So far, very good. Hope it remains this way when thread security and pools are covered. As it stands now I would definitely recomend the book to anyone.
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Summary: This book blows!
Review: I started reading it for the second time, and it stinks! I'm just gonna put it down and spend some more money. It was a twisted learning experience, not worth a cent.
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Summary: Valuable experience based information on threading
Review: I've always been amazed at how quickly engineers jump at the option to use threads. Threads create a whole new level of complexity and nasty bugs called 'heisenbugs' that disappear once the debugger gets switched on. That's why having a book that gives experienced based information about how to manage the complexity is so important. It's not just about APIs.
The topics covered include performance issues, architectural information about where and how to use threading, and how to manage communications between threads.
I recommend this book for any Java engineers creating threaded architectures, or writing code on top of a multi-threaded architecture.
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Summary: Frustrating
Review: I've tried to give this book every chance. But always find myself rushing to Chan & Lee, to get things straight. This is not a book where you will learn much about Java multi-threading. The examples are confusing, and it's difficult to use the book as a reference.
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Summary: Best Book on Java Threads
Review: It not only covers the threads API, it also covers how they work and advanced tricks to using them.The problem which most of the threading material related to Java I've read in other books has contained errors. "Java Threads" as well as Doug Lea's "Concurrent Programming in Java" are the only accurate books that I know of although their focus is very different. Another good thing about this book is that it has much otherwise hard to find information about how threads actually work in Java. I highly recommend this book to anytone working with Java threads. I'm sure you will find information in here that you previously didn't know.
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Summary: Java threads and beyond
Review: Let me put it pretty straight, this book is not needed if u are interested in just creating threads in ur Java application. Java tutorial gives a pretty neat introduction for that . But if u are the kind of person who want to go beyond just creating threads , this is the book for u. Talks exhustively on topics like synchronization , messaging features. Gives lower level insight on topics like thread scheduling and various mechanisms used for scheduling threads. Must have if u r a thread buff.
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Summary: fluffy
Review: Not enough in-depth material to appeal to advanced programmers, and lots of padding. Unclear depiction of concepts for beginners. Misleading about thread scheduling and priorities.
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Summary: A good reference book on Java Threads.
Review: Review Date: Dec 2004.
Please Rate the overall value of the book from 1-5 where
5=Well done! This book will be a valuable teaching and reference tool.
Please rate the instructional value of the book from 1-5 where
5=Excellent! An essential book on this topic.
Please rate the reference value of this book from 1-5 where
4=This book has earned a valued place on my reference shelf.
This is a book for Java programmers of all proficiency levels; the book also provides information for
advanced users of Java. the book uses J2se 5.0 version of the compiler - and explains the
improvements in the threads implementation in this version of java.
the book is a well written book with a gradual introduction to the various aspects of thread
implementation and a detail study of the subject. the authors delves into various of aspects of
thread implementation such as creation, management, data synchronization, notification, scheduling,
pooling, performance, parallelizing loops, and other IO functions.
there are sample codes through out the book and the codes make no assumption about the skill level of
the reader. this is a good thing. there are enough diagrams to explain the threading concepts.
overall, this is an excellent book for readers interested in concurrent programming. i will use it as
a reference when i need and i have no hesistation in recommending this book to other java programmers.
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Summary: Great book on java threads.
Review: Terrific book on java threads. Well organized. Excellent examples
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