Comprehensive but painfully dry:
If you're looking for the one-stop reference book --- this is it. But like other reference books, this one may sit, unused on your desk gathering dust. It's a painfully dry read guaranteed to put you to sleep at night.
good first book to the language - incomplete review:
I bought this book for a class i'm taking. We're roughly 1/4 of the way through the class, so i have not fully utilized the book. However, i would like to say that the early chapters do an EXCELLENT job of going over the basics in detail. For example: i had totally forgotten how most computers represent negative numbers (two's complement) and why. This book explained it to me in about a page and a half. Having already programmed in a few, similar languages, it was painful to read about how the 'if' statement works when i already know it. But i find myself reading the assigned chapters completely, just to make sure i don't miss some bit of knowledge that escaped me in the past, such as two's complement and the like. If you're new to programming, this book should help you out a lot in understanding why programs work the way they do. If you just need a book for a reference try looking here (...) and here (...) Most of your questions will probably be answered at these sights. You can even download the doc to have on your machine. (...) Best of luck!
Great Introduction to Java:
This is a nice book for Java beginners, especially for those who have some experience with C++. The first part discusses the basic Java language syntax and features. Mr. Schildt illustrates each of his points with some short pieces of codes and gives some insight about the reason why Java works the way it does. The second part of the book is about the Java libraries, and the third part goes into advanced topics about building applications with Java. I think reading the first part will get someone started with programming in Java. The second part serves better as a reference. This book is a good first step in one's study of Java programming before delving into more advanced books.
Review - Java Complete Reference, 7th Ed:
Java: The Complete Reference, Seventh Edition (Osborne Complete Reference Series) It is a very good book. You can find almost everything you need for starting Java programming. I recommend it! But for other interesting subjects like RMI or JCE you have to refer to other specialized books...
A useful guide for JAVA Programmer - beginner and experts:
Trovo Shildt un autore fenomale e in questo libro lo si nota in modo evidente. Questo libro si offre come reference per il linguaggio JAVA e si merita il titolo che si e' dato. Copre moltissimi argomenti, approfondendo dove e' necessario. E' aggiornato all'ultima edizione di JAVA. Lo consiglio a chi inizia ad addentrarsi nella programmazione in linguaggio JAVA, ma ha gia' una consistente base di approccio orientato agli oggetti. mircha
| Author: | Herbert Schildt | | Binding: | Kindle Edition | | Dewey Decimal Number: | 006.76 | | Edition: | 7 | | Format: | Kindle Book | | Number Of Pages: | 1024 | | Publication Date: | 2006-12-01 |
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