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Re: Recommended books to learn Java

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Date 2012-09-30 17:13 -0700
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Subject Re: Recommended books to learn Java
From Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>

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Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> Lew wrote:
>>> Dan Kalish wrote:
>>>> Any recommendations on books for learning Java?
> 
>> /Effective Java/ by Joshua Bloch is a must-have.
>> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/effectivejava-136174.html
>>
>> So is /Java Concurrency  in Practice/ by Brian Goetz, et al.
>> http://www.javaconcurrencyinpractice.com/
> 
> I would put Bloch in phase 2 and Goetz in phase 3 of the
> learning process.

What you say makes sense, but getting Bloch early has an advantage.

I suggest getting Bloch right away, because he teaches idioms and 
other things that will keep you out of trouble. It is better to learn 
good habits from the start rather than unlearn bad ones later.

This is not to say you should attempt to learn the Java language 
itself from /Effective Java/. You should use it in conjunction with 
the tutorials and other sources to learn to use Java effectively.

-- 
Lew

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Recommended books to learn Java Dan Kalish <kaliuzhkin@verizon.net> - 2012-09-28 07:52 -0700
  Re: Recommended books to learn Java Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-28 17:31 +0200
    Re: Recommended books to learn Java Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-28 12:26 -0700
      Re: Recommended books to learn Java Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-28 13:58 -0700
      Re: Recommended books to learn Java Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-28 22:56 -0400
        Re: Recommended books to learn Java Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-30 17:13 -0700
  Re: Recommended books to learn Java Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-28 11:42 -0400
  Re: Recommended books to learn Java Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2012-09-28 09:36 -0700
  Re: Recommended books to learn Java Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-09-28 11:27 -0700
  Re: Recommended books to learn Java glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-09-28 22:32 +0000
    Re: Recommended books to learn Java Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-28 23:01 -0400
      Re: Recommended books to learn Java glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-09-29 08:24 +0000
  Re: Recommended books to learn Java Dan Kalish <kaliuzhkin@verizon.net> - 2012-10-01 09:28 -0700
    Re: Recommended books to learn Java "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-10-01 12:59 -0400
      Re: Recommended books to learn Java Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-10-01 20:45 -0400
    Re: Recommended books to learn Java Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-10-01 19:49 -0400
      Re: Recommended books to learn Java David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-10-01 22:34 -0400
  Re: Recommended books to learn Java bob smith <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2012-10-01 13:14 -0700
    Re: Recommended books to learn Java Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-10-01 20:47 -0400

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