New To Java...Need A Book

[Creedyou]

Any recommendations?

 

Thinking in Java, 3rd Edition (free download).

 

[Doodoo]

Deital and Deital

 

[BigJohnKC]

Originally posted by: Doodoo
Deital and Deital

Agreed. Great book.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: dwell
Thinking in Java, 3rd Edition (free download).

Good link, and nice of Mr. Eckel to be giving these away free. Clever of him to only charge for the exercise solution e-books

 

[Creedyou]

bump

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

Another online book is Sun's Java Tutorial.

I also recommend Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days by Laura LeMay. Not as detailed as some of the other books, but great introductory-level material and presentation.

 

[Creedyou]

i need a real book. i have a lot of free time during the day at school and I want to be able to read then. are Sun's books any good?

 

If you want a real book get Deital and Deital like others have said. It's an excellent book.

 

[pillage2001]

Originally posted by: BigJohnKC

Originally posted by: Doodoo
Deital and Deital

Agreed. Great book.

3 thumbs up!

 

[Creedyou]

i went to Borders and Barnes and Noble and they are trying to sell Deital and Deital for $70! Thats insane.

 

[mchammer187]

here are some powerpoint slides I dont even use the book really at all

we use Core Java Vol 1 & 2

 

Originally posted by: Creedyou
i went to Borders and Barnes and Noble and they are trying to sell Deital and Deital for $70! Thats insane.

It's because it's used as a textbook at so many places. The old textbook tax shaft.

 

[kherman]

Originally posted by: Creedyou
Any recommendations?

What do you want to learn from this book?
Do you know C++?
Do you know UML?
What's your background student(HS or college), professional, hobbyist, etc..
What is your goal?

If you know C++, I hated to tell you this, but JAVA is about 95% the same. JAVA is just another OO language, but much more OO than C++

Based on what you already know, we could probably get you a better book than Deitel and Deitel, which is a good book.

 

[Creedyou]

As far as programming languages I know: C++ (from AP Computer Science in high school), Pascal (high school), TrueBASIC (high school). I am now a sophomore in college so basically all I remember is a little from C++. I want to learn Java because I need to take a class next semester that requires Java knowledge. I want to really learn Java though, not just for school. Thanks all for the replies and keep em coming

 

[Joony]

We use this book at school

avaliable at amazon.com

pretty good book, step by step tutorials and learning stuff and definitions and all that.

 

[kherman]

Originally posted by: Creedyou
As far as programming languages I know: C++ (from AP Computer Science in high school), Pascal (high school), TrueBASIC (high school). I am now a sophomore in college so basically all I remember is a little from C++. I want to learn Java because I need to take a class next semester that requires Java knowledge. I want to really learn Java though, not just for school. Thanks all for the replies and keep em coming

I have the PERFECT link for you.
Give me some time (not much) and I'll get it for you.
Some SHMUCK posted a link to a funny car and hte image is gargantuan in size., I'm on a 56 K modem

 

[kherman]

Firt off, go to http://java.sun.com and DL the compiler and virtual machine for whatever system you're using it on. If you havn't already.

I'd tell you to go to the tutorials, but I didn't see a hello world tutorial. Go find one via google.com.

Try www.jguru.com
They probably have a good tutorial.

Also, YOur best friend in JAVA! Use it often!

You don't need books to learn basic java. For advanced concepts, books are good. Remember to practice good OO from the start!!! It's more important than knowing JAVA if you want to enter industry and do it as a career. I'd love to rant about the idiots I'm stuck with at work as far as their understanding of OO methodology, but I would probably crash the ATOT forum hard drive(s).

Example: One guy at work was tasked to do something and he made a factory. It's a VERY good OO concept(that pertaind to the problem domain) and they are crucifying him fot it. I work with a bunch of hackers! Strive to not become one. When your teacher is being anal, he is teaching you how to do software correctly.

Make a hello world program. THere are a couple ways to do it. Try this:
public class hello {
public hello() {
}

public main (String[] s) {
System.out.println("HELLO WORLD");
}
}

It might be buggy though Jsut whipping it off the top oif my head. Tooo late right now to think about it

If this post made little/no sense, I appologize, I am very tired and brain is sleepy. Have to stay up till 4 am to win ebay auction. I don't think the item I'm after has ever been up before. MUST WIN AUCTION *ZOMBIE VOICE*