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Summary: Awesome!
Review: If you're looking for a book chock full of examples and code, this is the ONE. If you are looking for a tutorial, this isn't it. Highly, highly recommended ...
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Summary: Awesome!
Review: If you're looking for a book chock full of examples and code, this is the ONE. If you are looking for a tutorial, this isn't it. Highly, highly recommended ...
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Summary: Excellent Documentation for JDK 1.1
Review: This book is a handy documentation for jDK 1.1, however, in current JDK 1.3, a lot of changes have taken place, making this book somewhat obsolete, unless you are programming applets, which are still using JDK 1.1, due to the browser wars. One of the good parts of this book is that it describes all the keywords, shows a ASCII table with Octal, Decimal, and Unicode numbers for each character, and covers all classes and their properties and methods in JDK 1.1If you want to make Applets using the built in JVM of most browsers, this book is a good buy. However, it is possible now to make an Applet using the Java Plug-In, which uses JDK 1.3 or JDK 1.4. Also, Mac OS X now has the Java 2 JVM built into their operating system. But to make sure your applet runs on all browsers, using the deprecated methods, this book will be useful. Essentially, apart from the Keywords listing, the ASCII table, and some extra comments and examples, this book is not much different than a Javadoc Documentation that you can view on the internet at Sun's site free, which shows all the classes, all the methods, all their parameters, with links to go from class to class documentation for any JDK version. Also, it is a very large book, making it unlikely a version 2 book, with twice as many classes and methods, will be published. So, this book may be viewed as a convenience when you don't have internet access.
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Summary: Lives up to its title -- indispensable!
Review: When you have learned to write Java code, and start working on your first project, keep this book at your side. It truly is a master reference, and lists EVERYTHING in alphabetical order. Good examples and clear, short, explanations. The fact that it was written for Java 1 should not deter you from using this book (although we will all hope for a new version).
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Summary: Lives up to its title -- indispensable!
Review: When you have learned to write Java code, and start working on your first project, keep this book at your side. It truly is a master reference, and lists EVERYTHING in alphabetical order. Good examples and clear, short, explanations. The fact that it was written for Java 1 should not deter you from using this book (although we will all hope for a new version).
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