Teach Yourself Borland JBuilder 21 Days: With CDROM

by Michelle M. Manning

Presenting information on what Latte carry out, this text aims to teach the reader how to use the Latte development environment to do Java programming. This work offers a tutorial on using the Latte... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575211041
• ISBN13: 9781575211046
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Sams
• Length: 752 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Good for beginners!

I like the way the book was written, I am only a beginner in the JBuilder series but was really helpful in making my understand the concepts in step by step basis. Some may not agree but for me I'll keep this in my library!

Rates a 10 of 10 in my opinion. Excellent Work!

I hope later editions of this book will be published to keep pace with Java's evolution and future Jbuilder upgrades. Michelle Manning's excellent books should be delivered with the CD product in all Jbuilder options/versions.

A bit lacking in depth & Real examples

I like the book overall, but it seems to be very long simply so that it can be a big book, and get that "Bookshelf Cred", simply to sell more books. The pages themselves are printed on very thick paper, which makes the book even bigger than neccessary. It also lacks much info on Java itself, and a Java intro/reference is also needed. The example programs are mainly toy code -- I would like to see a project being developed over the period of the book, to give experience in the whole RAD developement process... All in all, a decent introductory text, but rather cynically overmarketed, as are most Teach Yourself ... in 21 Days books -- I guess you'd expect that from the title. I recommend you buy a more in-depth, more thoroughly written and edited book that wasn't rushed to market, and contains some real meaty examples...

Excellent introductory book

This book is a very clearly written introduction to the Java language. Also a good introduction to the JBuilder IDE. Especially appropriate for someone with only modest programming experience. Misses some of the fine points but those who wish to become expert should follow this with a meatier text. (I am).

Excellent introduction to Java programming.

The book is clear, concise, well organized and very helpfull for starting your Java programming experience. It is conceived as a guide to the JBuilder Development Environment with all its goodies. But it goes far beyond into the escence of Java, without unnecessary complications and a balanced feeling of what is needed to begin creating Java applets and applications. Theoretical issues on Object Oriented Programming are treated with a natural approach and no misleading oversimplifications. Explanations are not mere descriptions, they are relevant and alert the reader on possible mistakes and how to avoid them.