I'll throw in Beginning Java Objects by Jacquie Barker, a new book on the
scene, focused on teaching objects (using java) to newcomers, and getting
good reviews at Amazon.
And though they have a strong client-side bent (more than 30% of chapters
devoted to client development), 2 more popular books are Core Java 2
(Prentice Hall) and Beginning Java 2 (Wrox).
As for JSP/servlet books, well, to extend Scott's praise of the Java docs,
they also have lots of books in the Prentice Hall PTR Sun Series on
jsp/servlets and j2ee in general. Let's also not fail to give praise to the
JRun docs themselves, which are quite nice as vendor documentation goes.
Other popular books are Core Servlets and JSP (Prentice Hall), JavaServer
Pages (Orielly), Professional Java Server Programming J2EE Edition, and
others. JavaServer Pages Application Development (Forta et al) also receives
praise, though I've not yet read it.
/charlie
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Stirling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 10:14 PM
To: JRun-Talk
Subject: RE: Java books
For reference, there is absolutely nothing more comprehensive, easy to use,
or cheaper than the JDK docs from Sun. They cover the tools, the APIs, and
the features of the language. A great complement is a copy of the JDK
source code, or unzip the API source code that ships in src.zip with the
JDK.
For learning, I agree with Mark in that a certification guide is a great way
to learn. I just took the programmer certification (yes, I passed) last
week, as a matter of fact. The book I used to study is: "The Complete Java
2 Certification Study Guide: Programmer's and Developers Exams," by Simon
Roberts et al. Excellent complements to a study guide are the JVM spec. and
Java Language spec.
Other general Java learning/references I have found helpful in the past:
The Java Programming Language, 3rd edition, by Gosling et al.
Thinking in Java, Bruce Eckels
The Java Class Libraries, second ed., vol. 1 and supplement
Scott Stirling
JRun QA
Macromedia
> -----Original Message-----
> From: McDowell, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 8:56 PM
> To: JRun-Talk
> Subject: RE: Java books
>
>
> For reference, "Java In A Nutshell" O'Reilly, ISBN 1-56592-487-8
> For learning, "A Programmer's Guide to Java Certification",
> Addison-Wesley,
> ISBN 0-201-59614-8
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn Regan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 5:07 PM
> To: JRun-Talk
> Subject: Java books
>
>
> can anyone recommend a good java book. Maybe one to use for
> Reference and
> one to start learning with.
>
> Shawn Regan
> Applications Developer
> Pacific Technology Solutions
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