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Re: Please recommend a book

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Subject Re: Please recommend a book
Date 2012-10-25 09:50 -0700
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On 10/25/2012 7:50 AM, bobwhite@mixnym.net wrote:
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> Can somebody please recommend a good book for someone who wants to
> learn Java?


Lots.  Especially for GUIs, Learning Java by O'Reilly is invaluable.
The book is kind of remedial but it has many, many thoughtful examples
which are worth far more than the $50 they charge for the book.  It also
has one of the better explanations of Java generics that I have seen.

<http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596008734.do>

Also don't overlook the Java tutorial.  While not really a tutorial,
once you get the hang of Java, it also has many examples and good advice
too.  That goes double for the GUI section.

<http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/>


> The other area of difficulty I have is understanding the Java class
> library documentation. Even when I see an explanation or example in a
> book about using a class, when I go to the Java doc I don't
> understand it enough that I could write the sample code from the
> class doc alone, and I should be able to. I'm missing something here
> and haven't seen a book that explains how to use this.


Yes, I had this problem too when I first started with Java.  What you
are missing, I think, is "time."  Java has a much, much larger API than
say C.  I think many experienced programmers expect Java to be like
their other three or for languages, and aren't prepared amount of
material they have to absorb.  Just stick with it.

If you are really in a jam, www.javapassion.com has high-quality courses
that do a good job guiding you through learning process.  Their course
helped me get out of the "muddle" I was in with Java's huge API and
focus on just the stuff I needed to know to really learn the language
and the base API.  After that reading the Java docs was no problem.

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Please recommend a book bobwhite@mixnym.net - 2012-10-25 14:50 +0000
  Re: Please recommend a book Nigel Wade <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2012-10-25 17:44 +0100
  Re: Please recommend a book markspace <-@.> - 2012-10-25 09:50 -0700
    Re: Please recommend a book bobwhite@mixnym.net - 2012-10-26 14:54 +0000
      Re: Please recommend a book "Charles Hottel" <chottel@earthlink.net> - 2012-10-26 11:14 -0400
      Re: Please recommend a book Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-10-26 09:32 -0700
        Re: Please recommend a book David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-10-26 17:17 -0400
          Re: Please recommend a book Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-26 15:04 -0700
          Re: Please recommend a book bobwhite@mixnym.net - 2012-10-28 22:05 +0000
          Re: Please recommend a book bobwhite@mixnym.net - 2012-10-29 11:07 +0000
            Re: Please recommend a book David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-10-29 10:30 -0400
              Re: Please recommend a book bobwhite@mixnym.net - 2012-10-29 19:09 +0000
                Re: Please recommend a book Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-29 12:38 -0700
                Re: Please recommend a book Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 13:42 -0700
                Re: Please recommend a book markspace <-@.> - 2012-10-29 15:29 -0700
                Re: Please recommend a book Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-10-31 07:28 -0700
                Re: Please recommend a book bobwhite@mixnym.net - 2012-11-03 20:37 +0000
                Re: Please recommend a book Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-11-03 16:22 -0700
                Re: Please recommend a book markspace <-@.> - 2012-11-03 20:42 -0700
                Re: Please recommend a book bobwhite@mixnym.net - 2012-11-04 14:40 +0000
                Re: Please recommend a book Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-11-04 20:27 -0800
  Re: Please recommend a book Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-10-26 09:24 -0700
  Re: Please recommend a book Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-10-26 09:31 -0700
  Re: Please recommend a book Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-27 06:19 -0700
    Re: Please recommend a book bobwhite@mixnym.net - 2012-10-28 21:05 +0000
    Re: Please recommend a book bobwhite@mixnym.net - 2012-10-29 12:08 +0000
  Re: Please recommend a book Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-28 19:09 -0400
    Re: Please recommend a book bobwhite@mixnym.net - 2012-11-01 14:25 +0000
      Re: Please recommend a book Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-11-01 13:47 -0400

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