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Head First Java, 2nd Edition
by Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates
from O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Features:

• Illustrated

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Not up to date with Java 6.0!
  This is a good beginners' book. It is, however, 3 years old and does not cover the latest version of Java, 6.0. According the publisher, O'Reilly Media, the authors consider Java 6.0 to be similar to version 5.0 and thus not worth a new edition. The next edition is scheduled for 2010, when Java 7.0 comes out.

• Good basic text
  As a computer science teacher I am always on the lookout for introductory texts that make Java less intimidating. Head First Java certainly fills the bill with a good mix of humor and content. My only objection (and it is very slight) is that it tends to get a bit "thick" in sections -- nothing a final edit couldn't easily fix.
  On the whole, however, a very good job and I will be using it as a recommended resource.

• A great refresher
  It has been quite a while since I did any serious programming, particularly in Java. This book served as a great refresher, and was an easy read. The authors' premise that by adding pictures, jokes and puzzles help to hold the reader's attention was true for me.
  Given the format, I thought that the book did a great job of covering the basics of programming in Java, including threads, IO and even some Swing.
  I'll buy more books in this series.

• Nice for Beginners
  Let me start by saying that I had no experience when it came to writing any sort of code before I got this book.
  This book's graphical approach appealed to me and indeed helped a lot. I'm still no where near finished with it but so far it has been very useful. I wish it had suggested some IDE's to help me get started like Eclipse or NetBeans but I knew some programmers who could help me out.
  In terms of general knowledge of java and its uses this book does an outstanding job. I enjoy the humor and... more info

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