My Java book reading was several years ago. These days I just use a safari.oreilly.com subscription and read whatever speaks to what I need to know at the moment. If you need OO training, I liked Thinking in Java (online book by Bruce Eckel). People generally like the "Head Start, Java" book, so that might be a bit different and more fun to read than the others. There's also a Deitel video course (from LiveLessons) on safari.oreilly.com.
-- Bob On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Bill Ricker <[email protected]> wrote: > for java, I like capachino in a table mug or latte in a travel mug. > But Ethiopian and Kenyan and South American beans can be nice too, I > don't hardly insist on javanese beans. > > (Java is slower than C++ and uglier than SmallTalk. Small teams build > more faster, hows that working out?) > > seriously ... > > If you liked Deitel&Deitel on C++ and Perl and ..., you probably will > like their Java text too. All examples are complete and run. But as > with most textbooks they're aimed at novice programmers, explains > stuff you already know. I once had notes on how to teach Java for C++ > Programmers with Deitel&Deitel, but haven't seen those notes in ages. > > The real learning problem with most OO systems is learning the > 'patterns' that work with the included object library. The Java > library stack and preferred patterns have evolved greatly with Java, > it's like they discard 50% of the stack each year. no point learning > the stack that your customer has rejected or hasn't adopted yet. > > I would suggest actual language reference for quirky syntax rules, and > the online Javadoc pages for whatever lib stack your customer thinks > is the cats pyjamas. From there, read the customer's app's Java doc > and then their code. If their code was well architected, you'll > understand it's style and java by the time you're done ( and if not, > you can't make it worse). > > > > > -- > Bill > [email protected] [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Boston-pm mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm > -- Bob Clancy 9 Lives Software Engineering Website: http://agiletester.net Blog: http://AgileTesterDotNet.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
