I am a self-taught Perl programmer. I've been using Perl 5 for about eight years, and in the last couple of years I've been wanting to move to Java. I've tried so many books - Herb Schildt's "Beginning Java" (too easy and boring examples), Deitels' gigantic volume (worthless crap - as are all of Deitel's stuff; I mean, do you really need to waste a chapter teaching would-be Java coders UML?), Cadenhead's "Teach Yourself Java...
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I am an extremely experienced Java programmer and Ph. D. computer scientist. I write and teach courses and develop technical assessments, so it's important to me to keep up with language developments. While I've bought a great many Java books over the years, I've been neglecting Core Java for many editions, thinking it would no longer be of any use and being tired of repurchasing books. I'm part way through this one, and...
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This is a very fine book. Althought I am still progressing through the first third of it, I have found it to be very useful.
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"Core Java, Volume I - Fundamentals" is meant to teach Java to developers who already know another language. Or as they put it, "serious programmers ... with a solid background in a language other than Java." This is important as the book assumes a knowledge of programming concepts. As such, the authors can explain OO rather than how a loop works. The syntax diagrams and flow diagrams offer concise explanations. This...
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This is the latest edition and eighth round of the "Core Java" series of books. When it first came out in 1996 it had no competitors, and now alternatives abound, in particular the "Head First" series for learning Java published by O'Reilly and Associates. However, this is still my recommendation both for people who are learning Java and for those who are old pros and just want to catch up on what's new in the language. There...
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