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Summary: Personally, not the greatest book on Java
Review: I have a background in C/C++ and even with that, I still found this book awkward. The sample code is broken, meaning they place a few lines of code, discuss some more code, place the code they described, and repeat this several times for the whole book. I found that in 'Teach Yourself C in 21 Days', the code was discussed after the program code was placed (in one piece), which I found very helpful. On the back cover on this Java book, it claims that I can, and I quote, 'Become fluent in the hottest new Internet programming language' I'm still no better off than before I read this book. This is the reason I gave this book only one star.
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Summary: Personally, not the greatest book on Java
Review: I have a background in C/C++ and even with that, I still found this book awkward. The sample code is broken, meaning they place a few lines of code, discuss some more code, place the code they described, and repeat this several times for the whole book. I found that in 'Teach Yourself C in 21 Days', the code was discussed after the program code was placed (in one piece), which I found very helpful. On the back cover on this Java book, it claims that I can, and I quote, 'Become fluent in the hottest new Internet programming language' I'm still no better off than before I read this book. This is the reason I gave this book only one star.
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Summary: Excellent Java reference
Review: It is really great to find a book that actually delivers what was promised on the back cover. I did not know anything about Java but wanted to get up to speed quickly. The book assumes that you do not know anything about programming or OOP and builds from there. The examples are great and very practical, not to mention that they actually work !. Having completed the book I still find myself referencing it from time to time. Money well spent...and to the authors, well done.
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Summary: Excellent Java reference
Review: It is really great to find a book that actually delivers what was promised on the back cover. I did not know anything about Java but wanted to get up to speed quickly. The book assumes that you do not know anything about programming or OOP and builds from there. The examples are great and very practical, not to mention that they actually work !. Having completed the book I still find myself referencing it from time to time. Money well spent...and to the authors, well done.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Just a note to let you know that the JAVA PRIMER PLUS is one of the top ten IT books in my library. In an industry where 50% of the books out there is, well, crap, yours is very well written, easy to read and thorough. Your writing style is similiar to the guys who wrote 'Essential Client Server Survival Guide', I can't quite remember the authors names. Steven Feuerstein is another author who's writing style is similiar to yours in that it is easy to read and the author knows his subject matter. A job well done and I hope you update this book by covering JDK 1.2 Thanks.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Just a note to let you know that the JAVA PRIMER PLUS is one of the top ten IT books in my library. In an industry where 50% of the books out there is, well, crap, yours is very well written, easy to read and thorough. Your writing style is similiar to the guys who wrote 'Essential Client Server Survival Guide', I can't quite remember the authors names. Steven Feuerstein is another author who's writing style is similiar to yours in that it is easy to read and the author knows his subject matter. A job well done and I hope you update this book by covering JDK 1.2 Thanks.
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