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Summary: Object Oriented Programming Explained
Review: I am learning Java and have briefly used two other books that just confused me by trying to explain Object Oriented Programming by showing examples of complex Java code. If you aren't familiar with OOP and want to learn Java, this is a great place to start.
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Summary: Object Oriented Programming Explained
Review: If you are new to programming, don't buy this book. If, on the other hand, you understand basic programming techniques and ideas and want to enter the utopia of OOP in java, this is a great book! It clearly describes all of the OOP topics - inheritance, polymorphism, etc. It also includes nice discussions on networking with java and graphical interfaces. I also like that this book is to the point. While it is 300 pages, the writers don't go on and on about an idea. Rather, the authors' writing is very dense and requires interpretation and creativity on the reader's part. It will take several months for all of this information to really sink in.
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Summary: Excellent Coverage of Java and OO Concepts for the Novice
Review: The beauty of this book is not in it's coverage of OO programming or of Java, but how it melds the two together to bring a greater understanding of both to the novice reader. Each new topic covered builds on previous chapters, and the reader never feels like the authors assume any knowledge not covered in the text.Code snippets are surprisingly concise, and free of annoying syntax errors that could confound the novice developer. The book begins with several chapters introducing basic OO concepts and gradually introduces and increasing amount of Java code and delving into the Java API. The middle portion of the book covering the core concepts of OO development (Inheritance, Encapsulation, and Polymorphism.) It then goes on to cover slightly more advanced concepts such as Exception Handing, socket programming with TCP/IP, JDBC, multi-threading. The book does provide good coverage AWT model and GUI construction. Sadly, the it does not include coverage of Swing. To date, it's the best ground up coverage I have found for both Java and OO basics. Experienced C/C++ developers may find it a bit slow paced. For those interested in following up with a more advanced guide for Java 2 certification, I'd consider A Programmer's Guide to Java Certification by Khalid Azim Mughal, Rolf Rasmussen. It's a great certification prep and also a good core language reference.
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Summary: Nice book for OO concepts
Review: This a very nice book to get your fundamentals and concepts of java. Do not expect to learn java syntax. A little bit of programming experience would be very helpful before buying this
Rating:
Summary: Nice book for OO concepts
Review: This a very nice book to get your fundamentals and concepts of java. Do not expect to learn java syntax. A little bit of programming experience would be very helpful before buying this
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