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Summary: An Excellent Book, but you have to be patiant.
Review: I started my java journy with this book, although i was a computer science student at that time, i found the first two chapters very usfull and full of information that covers the basics and the history of computer science.The rest of the chapters are full of rich, detailed, clear information. Object Oriented Programming chapters were written in a great way.i recomend if you are new with OOP to read these chapters even if you will not read the rest of the book. But, there is a simple thing to keep in mind, that the examples starts -from he hello world- to use Swings and to extend the JFrame, for some people it is unpleasent to read somthing that you dont understand, but for others its great, since the unclear things will be clear while you move ahead in the book. Its a great Book, I recommend it to start with it.specialy for OOP,and i also recomend if you are going to read about OOP to use the SUN Java Tutorials its a great refrence.
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: I am an experienced programmer (16+ years), but fairly new to OOP design and Java. I found this book to be an excellent learning tool. A rich set of examples, as well as Coding tips and "Engineering Observations". I am working on a large scale application and have found the book to be extremely valuable. The book lives up to its title, and well worth the price ! You are guided through OOP, programming in general and how to go about building an entire application including RMI and packaging. This is a great book for learning Java programming.
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Summary: Best Computer Science Textbook I've Ever Read!
Review: I've been a software developer for 20 years and this is the best textbook I've ever read! The Deitel's provide clear explanations and programming examples on just about every Java topic available and then some. The writing goes into great detail, but is very readable and not boring, which I like. Some reviewers say that some explanations are repetitive, but that's good, because any repetition is used in its proper context and that's the way we learn best. I would ignore the reviews that give this book 1 or 2 stars, most likely they are from college students that shouldn't be studying Computer Science and Java in the first place, and they want to take their frustration and lack of ability out on this text book and not take any responsibility If you like college textbook style learning, with plenty of detail, code examples, practice questions, practice programs, and wonderful summaries at the end of each chapter, then buy this book.
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Summary: Java How to Program
Review: This book doesn't stand where it has to its all hype without any content.Dont waste money on it .It says it includes a cd but its useless as this book. you cant even copy any files into your system .Its most useless cd and book I ever had.
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Summary: Finally a Java book for non-C programmers!
Review: This is the first Java book I found that didn't insist you go off and learn C before attempting to learn Java. I'm a Visual Basic programmer, the whole reason I wanted to learn Java was so I could avoid C altogether. After Core Java and Just Java, this book was a huge relief. There are absolutely stackloads of examples, and it pops in many general programming and design tips too. If you want to learn Java and don't know C, get this book. Believe me, it is worth the $70.
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Summary: This one did it!
Review: I am 3/4 through this book and can't understand some of the negative reviews. I thought this book was extremely well organized, thorough, and UNDERSTANDABLE. I was pretty new to JAVA and OOP but feel pretty comfortable now. As long as you consciously read this book and work through the examples, you will get it. Every line of code is explained! An advanced OOP/Java programmer might not get much out of this book because it is designed for beginners. I bought two other "beginning" Java books before this one and it seemed no matter how much I read them and worked through the examples, I never truly understood what was happening (it works, but I don't know why syndrome). That has not been the case with the Deitel book. They explain it, let you run the code (which works) and then explain it again in more detail. Just what I needed.
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Summary: An excellent Book
Review: Actually I rate it four stars; I noticed they put the "one star" reviews first. The book is good for beginners, bottom line--- Hello...note the title. For you who have a programmer's superiority complex (we all know the type---in the office or the classroom) this book is not for ya! But if you are like me, and like to start with the fundamentals, and you do the UML and the algorithm thing (or are training to) like a good programmer should, then you are an entrepreneur at heart, and not just some overpaid employee on borrowed time! Get this book, and others; it's part of the foundation all aspiring programmers (and their potential bosses) should have.
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Summary: Boorrrringg !
Review: The layout and letter font of the book is terrible. The book is monotone and not exciting at all. I think including data or facts in tables or pictures greatly help readers to keep them interested in the subjects. Size 12 font would be nice to read also.....I think it'll make reading more pleasant. Some information are redundant. This is not a Java for Dummies book. The book is crowded too, by that ....I mean I can barely see a space in one page. The authors have too much information in one page. That's all.
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Summary: one of the worst cs books I've ever read
Review: This is one of the worst cs books I have ever read. The authors repeat themselves so many times, many times. No attention is paid to object oriented programming. Many of the examples do not even work without some tinkering and their explanations of the examples doesn't tell you anything more than what you could read on the documentation page on the sun web site. Do not waste your money
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Summary: Thorough, Accessible Read
Review: Having no C or C++ background, I picked up Deitel's book on Java: How to Program. I was amazed at what a friendly, yet thorough introduction that allowed a new programmer like me to learn about elementary concepts, but also delve into the more intricate aspects of the language. The code samples were terrific with superb, detailed explanations. As a former publishing employee, I'm well aware of the errors that can occur - and I was impressed with the accuracy of the code and explanations in the book. This is most important for a book that handles such a detail-oriented topic. One or two errors in code or explanation could potentially trip me up for hours. Fortunately, I don't think that happened. And I'm programming!!! Successfully!!!
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