If you're looking for a book to learn Java, you have GOT to check this one out....
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Heck.... If you're already knowledgeable in Java, check it out anyway. It's called Head First Java by O'Reilly Press....
I review O'Reilly books as part of their User Group program. They send me review copies of books I request, I read them and write reviews, the reviews get posted to our user group web site (and potentially are used as "media reviews" by O'Reilly), and I get to keep the book. Great deal if you're a book junkie like I am. I've focused on books that revolve around technology used by IBM/Lotus, such as HTML, DHTML, Javascript, and particularly Java.
Anyway... I saw this new book called Head First Java and decided to give it a try. A lot of the people in our user group are new to Java, and I thought it would be a good resource for them. I'm just starting to read the book, but all I can say is WOW! I tend to like humor thrown into my technology learning, and as a result I tend to like the Dummies series. This (hopefully will be a) Head First series takes the approach that learning is enhanced by multiple involvements in the brain. And boy, does this book deliver!
To quote from the back of the book:
"We know what you're thinking... why is there a duck in the memory management section? Can a girl in a bathtub illustrate the fine points of polymorphism? Is this for real?
"If you want to be bored, go buy some other book. Please. (We'd tell you which book, but we'd probably be sued.) But if you want to learn Java, get a high-paying job (right), and improve your social life at the same time, you need Head First Java."
I strongly suggest you get your hands on this book if you're getting into Java... If they make the Head First concept into a series, I'll be forever spoiled in what I require from a learning resource...
Heck.... If you're already knowledgeable in Java, check it out anyway. It's called Head First Java by O'Reilly Press....
I review O'Reilly books as part of their User Group program. They send me review copies of books I request, I read them and write reviews, the reviews get posted to our user group web site (and potentially are used as "media reviews" by O'Reilly), and I get to keep the book. Great deal if you're a book junkie like I am. I've focused on books that revolve around technology used by IBM/Lotus, such as HTML, DHTML, Javascript, and particularly Java.
Anyway... I saw this new book called Head First Java and decided to give it a try. A lot of the people in our user group are new to Java, and I thought it would be a good resource for them. I'm just starting to read the book, but all I can say is WOW! I tend to like humor thrown into my technology learning, and as a result I tend to like the Dummies series. This (hopefully will be a) Head First series takes the approach that learning is enhanced by multiple involvements in the brain. And boy, does this book deliver!
To quote from the back of the book:
"We know what you're thinking... why is there a duck in the memory management section? Can a girl in a bathtub illustrate the fine points of polymorphism? Is this for real?
"If you want to be bored, go buy some other book. Please. (We'd tell you which book, but we'd probably be sued.) But if you want to learn Java, get a high-paying job (right), and improve your social life at the same time, you need Head First Java."
I strongly suggest you get your hands on this book if you're getting into Java... If they make the Head First concept into a series, I'll be forever spoiled in what I require from a learning resource...
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