Rating: 
Summary: Great into to Threading
Review: Another outstanding Sam's title. The progression of concepts in Java Thread Programming is very clear and the example code is great. I found Hyde's progressive build up of small example applications particularly useful. That's how it happens in real life!I think this is a better book for beginners than the O'Reilly Java Thread's book. The O'Reilly book tends to quickly pile through each concept while the Sam's book takes a more leisurely approach. The O'Reilly book also occasionally goes off on tangents. Hyde's book, however, points out potential sources of trouble while taking an easy to follow, serial thread to understanding asynchronous programming in Java.
Rating:
Summary: Able to benefit immediately from examples
Review: Excellent coverage of Java threads. I found the examples complete enough to be able to use immediately in my project. Hyde covers important concurrency issues which could get an unsuspecting programmer into trouble. This book is a valuable addition to my Java library.
Rating:
Summary: I now know Java threading, EXCELLENT book
Review: I kept this book on my shelf for several months before cracking it, figuring Threading was a daunting subject and the book would be a chore to read. But once I started I found the book extremely readable, clear, and enjoyable to follow. Examples are excellent, concise, and highlighted to draw attention to the threading aspects of the code. AND he numbers the lines so he can easily refer to them in the following text (does he have a patent on this that prevents other authors from using the technique?). I was so impressed w/ Paul Hyde's ability to organize and explain complicated material that I checked for other books he'd written. Oddly this seems to be the only programming title he's authored. Buy this book.
Rating:
Summary: I enjoyed reading this book very much!
Review: I learned a lot about thread programming from reading this book. It covers everything you need to know about Thread, from inter-thread communication, locking, to thread pooling and threads & swing. And... the code examples run correctly! It's worth your money every character.
Rating:
Summary: And excellent fast track guide to Java Thread Programming
Review: I used this book as a reference in building threaded HTTP
and SOAP output queues for a very time critical project.
The book is clearly written, with good Java examples. I did
not have time to spend a week reading a book and working
through the examples. This book provided what I needed most:
a clear introduction that was well organized. This book is published by SAMS. Not only is the content good,
but they layout and structure are good as well. This is a huge
improvement over the SAMS books that were printed back in the
days of Windows 3.1 and DOS.
Rating:
Summary: And excellent fast track guide to Java Thread Programming
Review: I used this book as a reference in building threaded HTTP
and SOAP output queues for a very time critical project.
The book is clearly written, with good Java examples. I did
not have time to spend a week reading a book and working
through the examples. This book provided what I needed most:
a clear introduction that was well organized. This book is published by SAMS. Not only is the content good,
but they layout and structure are good as well. This is a huge
improvement over the SAMS books that were printed back in the
days of Windows 3.1 and DOS.
Rating:
Summary: Essential for the Java Programmer certification
Review: I was studying for the SJCP exam. I had every certification book in the house. However, none of the certification books were covering threads in a coherent manner that allowed me to master the threading part of the exam. This book did. I went from scratching my head at why I missed a thread question in the 100's of practice certification exams to scoring 100's in the thread section of the exams. For those of you that are doing your certification, get this book to supplement the exam guides.
Rating:
Summary: Great Book
Review: Mr Hyde has dealt with thread programming in an effective way.He has not wasted words in explaining threading concepts at the same time gracefully introducing concepts with some cool examples.Good work..
Rating: 
Summary: clear introduction to threads, but a dubious hardcore manual
Review: okay, maybe 2 stars is a little on the low side, but i have only otherwise seen the book given 5 stars, which in my opinion is a misrepresentation. plus points are clear writing and diagrams, going beyond re-explanation of thread API to include some useful patterns and plenty of lengthy examples if that's what you're after. minus points are not a lot on finest, trickiest points and some dodgy assertions when you get into those realms. 2 examples: 1 - does not address lock-ordering in its "deadlock avoidance" section. 2 - "as a rough guideline, try to avoid calling Thread.yield() more than 5 times per second" (in my view a bit outrageously woolly/unqualified). depends on what you're after.
Rating:
Summary: Thanks for the clear, well written book with many examples
Review: Paul does an extremely good job of explaining threads. Even
though I haven't yet completed the book, I have already gotten
my moneys worth out of it.
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It has been quite awhile since I looked into threads. I've had
little opportunity to use them, and none in Java. So, I was
quite pleased to see the number of very positive comments about
this book. I have yet to understand the harsh rating by Dan.
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I bought this book (mainly because of the number of good
reviews) because I had a problem I was trying to solve. Since
getting the book, I've worked my way through 8 chapters, and
have greatly enjoyed reading the material, as well as having
learned/relearned a vast amount about Java threads.
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Pros:
- Excellent writing style
- Very few (as far as I can tell anyway ;-) errors
- Use of a variety of example styles to demonstrate thread
relationships, and timings - these make for much better
comprehension of the material.
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Cons: (nothing significant)
- End of section/chapter exercises could be of benefit.
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