I need recomendations on a teach-your-self Java book.

[FrogDog]

I'm looking to learn some Java and needa a book. I want one that teaches everything and doesn't skip any details. So no 'Java in 24 Hours' books.

I'm thinking I'm going to get one on Visual J++. What's the latest version of that?

 

[Cable God]

Visual J++ blows... Real Java developers use JBuilder or Visual Cafe`. Visual J++ is really not a pure java environment. I would go to sun.com and get Forte` Community edition for a free d/l.

 

[FrogDog]

So this is a full compiler? And whatever Java book I buy (if not a Visual J++) will be compatible with this?

 

[Soccer55]

I like the Core Java books by Sun. I think they are pretty good books to learn from. You might want to check them out.

-Tom

 

[Pastore]

I don't think you can ever go wrong with the Sams teach yourself series... i know they have a visual J++ book too...

 

[Mday]

don't go j++ if you want to learn java.

j++ is NOT java compliant which sucks.

deitel and deitel has a book. it's a learner's book. my class is using computing concepts with java 2 essentials by horstmann,

if you're learning from scratch, i would recommend the deitel and deitel or the horstmann.

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my class is using kawa.

if you can go command line, you can. it's part of the jdk.

also, you can download borland jbuilder4 foundation and use it for free.

sun also has a free IDE.