The Java(tm) Tutorial: A Short Course on the Basics [With Contains All Major Versions of the Java Platform.]

by Mary Campione, Alison Huml, Kathy Walrath, et al.

(Pearson Education) A hands-on guide to proficiency with Java, with clear explanations of fundamentals such as objects, classes and data structures. The CD-ROM contains 3 Java tutorial books in HTML,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201703939
• ISBN13: 9780201703931
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

excellent book

this is a great book for anyone jumping from c++ to java.after 2 semesters doing c++, i did not find it worthwhile to pay for java class so i bought the book. it was great, i read it straight through (like the author recommends) and by the time i was done i was able to transfer my c++ algorithms into Java code.Java is now a piece of cake.also recommended, "Core Java, Advanced" by Sun Microsystems.later!

This Book Deserves It!

dont you get sick of all these 5-star reviews ...? i sure do. but this time, i liked this book so much, i am sending one in anyway.i don't mean to overstate things, and no, i am not related to Sun OR any of the authors, but this is simply one of the best 'computer books' i've ever read, even though it came from a vendor, and even though it's title (not to mention its topic) is rather pedestrian. here's why:1) unlike many of the 'teach yourself Java' books, it finds just the right level of metaphor. am i the only one tired of the use of fruit, etc. when explaining objects? this book does that a little, but it also relates everything back to real-world problems that are complex enough to matter but simple enough to be graspable.2) no irritating humour. I'm sorry, but i have had enough of computer-book authors who can't restrain their wit (like Bill Vaughan, so is otherwise a great writer).3) a great explanation of threading. in all the other java books, i gave up after a few pages. i read the threading chapter in this book while driving home, and it made complete sense the first time round!4) NO TYPOS. actually, i found one this morning. page 372, line 4, there is an extra hyphen. but that's it! it is almost unheard of, in my experience, anyway, to find such high quality in a 'computer book'. and personally, i find it insulting to spend $... on a book only to find the author didn't even proof their work.5) after reading an explanation of interfaces in at least 4 other places, i THINK i finally get it, thanks to this book!ONE BIG BEEF: having the answers to the exercises available only on the web is a major irritation. what were they thinking? for one thing, sun.com always seems to be the slowest site on the web. and that's assuming you have a networked PC handy, which i did not when i read this book.i also agree that the space taken up by references to sample code was distracting and useless. on the other hand, there were 1 or 2 places (in the Swing chapter in particular) where the book did NOT include a printout of the complete source, which it should have.notwithstanding the preceding comment, i believe this book was about right. it wisely omitted JDBC and stopped at a fairly skimpy coverage of Swing, which is correct, IMHO, in a book at this level. i also don't need another 4" thick book full of screen prints and fluff, which is what many of the competing books have.all in all, i found that despite my interest in Java being modest at best, i literally could not put this book down. i read it almost nonstop cover to cover. no, i am not a freak, normally i fall asleep after two chapters. solid writing, well scoped, and near-perfect execution earn this a *****.

Best Java book if you have a Visual Basic background!

Coming from a Visual Basic background, a lot of other Java books weren't as helpful as this one (I bought the 3rd Edition of the Tutorial). The beginning chapters on OOP were very well written, I think it was the only Java book I've perused where every sentence made sense the first time I read it. The authors' use of metaphors to help make a point is done just right, not too little and not too much. If you have *some* experience with programming techniques, even just doing some .BAT files, I think you'll do well with this book. I had started reading Bruce Eckel's "Thinking in Java" before this one, but I think the best sequence for anyone else struggling with the transition from Visual Basic, etc. to Java is as follows: - first read the Java Tutorial (3rd edition) and work through the exercises at end of each chapter - second, read Peter van der Linden's "Just Java 2" for a very readable (sometimes funny) way to wade a little deeper into how Java does things. - finally, and I have yet to do this myself, read Bruce Eckels' "Thinking in Java" to really wrap your head around object oriented programming and thinking like a Java guru.

EXCELLENT book for beginners!

I read another famous book for beginners, but things did not become CRYSTAL clear until I started reading this book. The examples and analogies to real life examples are great! This book is VERY clear! You may have to read another book for beginners to appreciate this book.

EXCELLENT - especially for beginners in programming

The authors of this book do a truly excellent job in explaining the concepts! I simply could not grasp the concepts the way they were organized and explained in other books I tried.This book takes you through a step-by-step process during which it refers to other sections of the book that expound on key concepts. It is very easy to follow.