Java Jump Start: A Beginner's Guide to Internet Programming

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Summary: An interesting history of JAVA
Review: Java Jumpstart provides a good background into how this languauge works with so many different OSes. It also gives some insight into the creation of the Virtual Machine, and how Java is related to programing in C++. This book is a great start into a new programing language for those who understand basic programing concepts. If necessary, use the CD-ROM enclosed to view the applets created in this book to help you further understand how the applets work.

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Summary: Partial review of "Jump Start"
Review: This was recommended to me as an introductory book. But, like most of the others I've bought, it soon broke the rules. A concepts is clearly explained, then an example buries you in advanced material that is not even introduced, let alone explained. However, one can see this is an original book with many interesting perspectives and examples, and I mean to return to it once I've really mastered the basics of OOP and Java. Yet this was not a "Jump Start" except in the sense of jumping over a cliff into the sea. You'd better know how to swim!