Yes, actually. I know there have been several different versions - I went through the Java 1.2 edition. Horton's very good - his style reminds me of an easygoing old CompSci professor - the guy that would be in the middle of a discussion of polymorphism then get off on a tangent on some super-geeky project he did for GE or IBM back when they were using vacuum tube computers to calculate missile trajectories or something
Anyway, along with O'Reilly's Head First Java, I think it's one of the best - and most accessible - introductions to Java development (and OO development as well) out there. I know some people who are more in favor of tomes that are a lot more serious (Bruce Eckel's "Thinking in Java" is outstanding, but his examples can be really opaque), but head out to your local Books-A-Million and flip through a couple and see what suits your style. - Jim Yves Arsenault wrote: >Hello there, > >I was wondering if anyone out there in Cyber land has read this book >and would care to write any comments, good or bad. > >Ivor Horton's Beginning Java2 > >Thanks, > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:154821 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
