Java instruction

[debaire]

Anyone have any suggestions on a Java book for new users. I have a cousin who needs one, I have my own ideas, but thought I'd confer. Thanks.

[tadow]

hmm. how about these:

Teach yourself Java 2 in 24 hours by SAMS

i have the other book somewhere else, but its a good one too.

[Jazper]

Java Software Solutions- Foundations of Program design. By John lewis and William Loftus Published by Addison Wesley Longman

Uni (college over there) made it a reference text. I reckon it's great..
and for a reference book

Java in a nutshell

[jclark]

I'd suggest going to www.informit.com. This is the publisher's site for Sams/Que/New Riders, and part of the site is a free online library of >100 of their books. You don't get access to the CD-ROMs that come with the books, and the images & code samples are usually in javascript popup windows, so it's kinda hard to suck the books down with a site grabber, but free is a heck of a lot better than paying $30-$60 for a dead tree.

Their Java offerings are:


(From the Programming section)

<UL>
<LI>Java Unleashed, 2nd Ed

<LI>Teach Yourself Visual J++ in 21 Days

<LI>Peter Norton's Guide to Java Programming

<LI>Teach Yourself Java in Cafe in 21 Days

<LI>Java Developer's Guide

</UL>

(From the Web section)

<UL>
<LI>JFC Unleashed

<LI>Java 1.1 Unleashed 3rd Ed

<LI>Special Edition Using Java 1.1 3rd Ed

<LI>Hacking Java: The Java Professional's Resource Kit

<LI>Sams Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days, Pro Reference Ed

<LI>Java Developer's Reference

</UL>

[This message has been edited by jclark (edited 05-12-2000).]