Re: New to Java - Books Recommendation Please
Miles wrote:
If anyone can offer suggestions on a couple of books, I'd appreciate it.
Just Java - Peter van der Linden. Back when i was learning java, this was
my standout favourite, head and shoulders above the rest. Other java books
tend to be some combination of (a) inaccurate (b) overly concerned with
either GUI or web stuff and (c) painfully badly written. JJ isn't. It is,
however, a beginner's book, so if you're already writing java, there might
not be that much in there for you. If you're coming from another language,
it would be a good choice, though: it's not written at child- or
idiot-level.
Thinking in Java - Bruce Eckels. Another beginner's book, but a good one.
You can get the older editions as free PDFs.
Effective Java - Josh Bloch. I've not read it that heavily, but Josh Bloch
is a top chap! This is more of an advanced book; in fact, it's something
of a standard manual of good engineering practice in java.
And some books that aren't about java, but are about ideas that will help
you work better in any language:
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software - Gamma,
Helm, Johnson, Vlissides
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code - Martin Fowler, Kent
Beck, and some other guys
tom
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