A good Java (hwaaak - ptoo) book?

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10-08-2002
SMurf7

A good Java (hwaaak - ptoo) book?

Hi,

Well, started uni, going well so far (Particularly liked the "How To Use A Computer" lecture, used up 40 sheets of paper on that :p), but it seems that I'm gonna have to do Java at some point... :o

As well as the usual reading list of textbooks written by big, fat Doctorates, does anyone know of a good book on the subject? Is "The Java Programming Language" a good one? (The K&R-esque title drew me to that)
10-08-2002
SMurf

'Twas me, btw, forgot me own name, damn freshers week... :D
10-08-2002
golfinguy4

www.bruceeckel.com

He has a free Java book available online. You can also buy it in printed edition.
10-08-2002
Mister C

That Java Programming Language book is written by the creators of Java (Gosling et. al) It is like the K & R C book.

Here are my recommendations

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General Java Books: • Beginning Java 2- SDK 1.4 Edition, Horton. Wrox, 2002. • Java in a Nutshell, 4th ed., Flanagan. O’Reilly, 2002. • The Java Programming Language, 3rd ed., Arnold, et.al. Addison Wesley, 2000. • Using Java 2 Standard Edition, Cavaness, et.al. Que, 2001. • The Java Language Specification, 2nd ed., Gosling, et.al. Addison Wesley, 2000. • Java 2 The Complete Reference, 4th ed., Schildt. McGraw-Hill, 2001. • Programming with Java, Hubbard. McGraw-Hill, 1999. OOP/Design/Java • Beginning Java Objects, Barker. Wrox, 2000.

I have more advanced ones- but these should do.
10-10-2002
iain

hmm, java...javs is horrid but i was forced to learn it in my first year aswell, the only thing i can recommend is not to buy Java Complete, because its crap, our lecturer recommended java in a nutshell published by Oreilly but i think this is more of a reference.
10-10-2002
Prelude

My vote goes to Just Java by Peter van der Linden.

-Prelude
10-10-2002
Shiro

Not meant to be a beginner's book, however someone with knowledge from C and/or C++, could learn Java from it:

Pure Java 2, Kenneth Litwak
10-10-2002
tgm

I'd use the resources at the Sun site. There is a copious amount of information there (along with many forums).
http://java.sun.com/
10-10-2002
Commander

Beginning Java 2 SDK Edition: 1.4, Ivor Horton. Wrox, 2002. // also suggested by Mister C

a huge book, very good explanations and it covers.....well.......everything

you could try it
10-10-2002
Mister C

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I'd use the resources at the Sun site. There is a copious amount of information there (along with many forums).
http://java.sun.com/

I agree with this quote. Pretty much everything you need to know about J2SE is there.

Also, you can try www.javaranch.com