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Re: What is a good text book

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On Sun, 03 Jan 2016 07:51:47 -0800, jmclifford wrote:

> Hi all.
> Is there a reasonable book for Java???
> I am look for something that is definitive and also a reference book.
> I find the web based learning difficult when it is a long time between
> drinks.
> 
> Also, you may have specific comment on books by Herbert Schildt which
> are;
> 1) Java A Beginner's Guide 6th edition,
> 2) Java The Complete Reference 9th edition.
> 
> Would you need both these book's (can the 2nd item negate the 1st item).
> 
> Regards JC......

I got started with Ivor Horton's 'Beginning Java', which was pretty much 
what I wanted. It doesn't require you to use any particular IDE. In fact 
you can do all its exercises using only your favourite text editor and 
your OS's command line tools and Java compilers. The book provides a 
similar mix of information, example code, exercises and reference 
indexing to the K&R C book, aka "The C Programming language" by Kernighan 
and Richie, which is my benchmark for excellence in teach-yourself 
programming language books.

However, that was back in the days of Java 2. The latest version of 
'Beginning Java' seems to be for Java 7 and I don't know how good the 
latest edition may be.

IMO as well as downloading and installing the Java SE JDK you also need 
to grab and install the Java documentation set, which includes the Java 
language specification, manpages for the compilers etc, all the tutorials 
and last but not least, the documentation for the standard class library 
- the latter being even bigger than the standard C function library. 
You'll likely feel quite lost until you've learnt to find your way round 
the class library.
 

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martin@   | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
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What is a good text book jmclifford@aanet.com.au - 2016-01-03 07:51 -0800
  What is a good text book Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 10:27 -0800
  Re: What is a good text book Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2016-01-03 19:25 +0000
  Re: What is a good text book Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-01-09 21:24 -0500
    Re: What is a good text book Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2016-01-10 18:04 +0000

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