Re: [Haskell-cafe] Good Java book? (not off-topic)
I've always found Bruce Eckel's Thinking in Java the best introductory book to the practice of object oriented programming and Java. There's a sample online http://www.mindviewinc.com/TIJ4/BookSampleDownload.php Whether this is in concordance with FP principles or not is a different thing, but the point is to introduce OO and Java, isn't it? Anyway, I don't think it's damaging if you later get to use Haskell and formal methods (I went myself through that as well). Cheers, ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
[Haskell-cafe] Good Java book? (not off-topic)
Hi, cafe, I find myself in the unusual position of having to recommend a few books on Java to people who want to use it professionally. As the people demanding this live in Burundi, I can't really say Learn Haskell. Odds are they won't find a job there if they don't use mainstream languages. Is there any book on Java that approaches the language in a way that doesn't make programmers impervious to FP and Haskell? Not meaning to insult anybody here, I too learned Java before Haskell. But I also think it made learning Haskell much more difficult. Cheers, Ivan. ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
Re: [Haskell-cafe] Good Java book? (not off-topic)
Is there any book on Java that approaches the language in a way that doesn't make programmers impervious to FP and Haskell? Two standard books are Effective Java (EJ) and Java Concurrency in Practice (JCIP). They aren't introductory; but I think they are a good idea if you want to use Java on a professional basis. And at least JCIP advocates immutability. Cheers, Simon [1] http://jcip.net/ [1] http://java.sun.com/docs/books/effective/ ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
Re: [Haskell-cafe] Good Java book? (not off-topic)
How about recommending a Scala book instead of Java? That would teach a functional mindset, and on stepping back to Java, they'd just have a different syntax for types, and some missing stuff. On the Java side, I own A Little Java, a Few Patterns by Friedmann and Felleisen. This would certainly not make them impervious to anything functional, but I don't think it serves as a general introduction to Java. Maybe it would be suitable in addition to another book. I can second the recommendation of Effective Java. - Chris On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Ivan Perez ivanperezdoming...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, cafe, I find myself in the unusual position of having to recommend a few books on Java to people who want to use it professionally. As the people demanding this live in Burundi, I can't really say Learn Haskell. Odds are they won't find a job there if they don't use mainstream languages. Is there any book on Java that approaches the language in a way that doesn't make programmers impervious to FP and Haskell? Not meaning to insult anybody here, I too learned Java before Haskell. But I also think it made learning Haskell much more difficult. Cheers, Ivan. ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
