The Java Programming Language, 4th Edition
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Direct from the creators of the Java programming language, the completely revised fourth edition of The Java Programming Language is an indispensable resource for novice and advanced programmers alike. Developers around the world have used previous editions to quickly gain a deep understanding of the Java programming language, its design goals, and how to use it most effectively in real-world development. Now, Ken Arnold, James Gosling, and David Holmes have updated this classic to reflect the major enhancements in Java 2 Standard Edition 5.0 (J2SE 5.0). The authors systematically cover most classes in Javas main packages, java.lang.* , java.util, and java.io, presenting in-depth explanations of why these classes work as they do, with informative examples. Several new chapters and major sections have been added, and every chapter has been updated to reflect todays best practices for building robust, efficient, and maintainable Java software. Key changes in this edition include New chapters on generics, enums, and annotations, the most powerful new language features introduced in J2SE 5.0 Changes to classes and methods throughout to reflect the addition of generics Major new sections on assertions and regular expressions Coverage of all the new language features, from autoboxing and variable argument methods to the enhanced for-loop and covariant return types Coverage of key new classes, such as Formatter and Scanner The Java Programming Language, Fourth Edition, is the definitive tutorial introduction to the Java language and essential libraries and an indispensable reference for all programmers, including those with extensive experience. It brings together insights you can only get from the creators of Java: insights that will help you write software of exceptional quality. Review: Precise, Concise and Authoritative - This is the most dependable book that all experienced Java developers MUST read to get a deep insight in to the intricacies of the Java programming language and master it's subtleties. The coverage is extensive and authoritative. You need to know Java at an intermediate to advanced level to enjoy the beauty of this book. The way the authors explain the topics tersely is extraordinary. This book does not have elaborate and repetitive explanations and 'real world' illustrations - generally each topic is explained with the help of simple pieces of code whose main purpose is to drive home an idea - you need to have a minimal prior level of understanding of Java to fully fathom and gain from the authors' brilliant explanations of the technicalities. I suggest that while you are going through each topic write your own small snippets of code, run and test them to verify your understanding of the topic - this gives you great confidence and long lasting understanding and is a sure shot way to master the details of the language in a retentive manner. This book has great reference value - you can come back to it time and again to get the most authoritative, clear and dependable answers to all your Java queries. A caveat - this text should not be used as a first book to learn Java from - it might only lead to boredom and frustration - this book is for mastering and fine tuning one's knowledge and skill in Java. Review: Comprehensive and Well Written - For the used version at under $15, I am extremely happy with the quality of the book, content-wise and physically. I would have payed well upwards of this price because of how comprehensive the book is. The first chapter alone introduces a lot of the basics, though it does seem that prior programming knowledge may definitely help understand the book better.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 45 Reviews |
D**A
Precise, Concise and Authoritative
This is the most dependable book that all experienced Java developers MUST read to get a deep insight in to the intricacies of the Java programming language and master it's subtleties. The coverage is extensive and authoritative. You need to know Java at an intermediate to advanced level to enjoy the beauty of this book. The way the authors explain the topics tersely is extraordinary. This book does not have elaborate and repetitive explanations and 'real world' illustrations - generally each topic is explained with the help of simple pieces of code whose main purpose is to drive home an idea - you need to have a minimal prior level of understanding of Java to fully fathom and gain from the authors' brilliant explanations of the technicalities. I suggest that while you are going through each topic write your own small snippets of code, run and test them to verify your understanding of the topic - this gives you great confidence and long lasting understanding and is a sure shot way to master the details of the language in a retentive manner. This book has great reference value - you can come back to it time and again to get the most authoritative, clear and dependable answers to all your Java queries. A caveat - this text should not be used as a first book to learn Java from - it might only lead to boredom and frustration - this book is for mastering and fine tuning one's knowledge and skill in Java.
A**R
Comprehensive and Well Written
For the used version at under $15, I am extremely happy with the quality of the book, content-wise and physically. I would have payed well upwards of this price because of how comprehensive the book is. The first chapter alone introduces a lot of the basics, though it does seem that prior programming knowledge may definitely help understand the book better.
A**R
Not new,and broken to some extent
The content of this book is really nice, But the book I got is not new, and broken to some extent.
R**L
Great book, was taking an Algorithms course that used ...
Great book, was taking an Algorithms course that used Java and this book was a lifesaver. Love the detailed explanations.
A**R
Four Stars
Good book to read. Thank you.
A**.
So good so well written
I bough this book for my school and I found it very easy to read despite the argument. I raccomend this book to everyone who wants learn Java
H**I
Five Stars
It's a great book with great ideas.
T**M
Five Stars
Excellent!!!
S**R
Opinion!!
A decente book with a lack if examples and structure. It is not a good JAVA book.
E**A
Fantastico
Libro completo e approfondito. Estremamente chiaro. Stampa perfetta. Si legge in modo molto scorrevole e piacevole. Tratta semplicemente programmazione in Java e poco in generale dell'OOP.
M**L
Ideale Fortsetzung nach der Lektüre von Java von "Kopf bis Fuss"
Ein unglaublich gutes Buch von Ken Arnold, James Gosling und David Holmes über die Sprache Java, welches es schafft, detailreich und extrem präzise, ohne langweilig oder anstrengend zu lesen zu sein. Es beschreibt alle wesentliche Aspekte recht detailliert und nennt Dinge, die man in anderen Büchern nicht findet. Die ideale Fortsetzung von Java von "Kopf bis Fuss".
K**I
Indepth Java Coverage
At first I thought this was an introductory book for beginners, but even in the first two chapters I learnt a lot, even though I've been using Java for a few years now. This book in my opinion is not for someone who wants to learn his/her first object oriented language. You have to have basic (or more) knowledge about either Java or some other OO programming language. For me, this book purchase was absolutely worth it. It is so much better to read a book from those who actually created the language. You can really see that the authors know all the ins and outs of the subject and that they are familiar with the common misconceptions that either other books don't mention, or what usually happens is that they mention it wrong. But not here. So a huge thumbs up for this book, but again: this is not an introductory book I think. It really goes into indepth analysis of even the most basic terms, constructs... Definitely a must buy.
K**G
Gutes Buch aber....
Es ist definitiv das beste Buch für Java. Stammt schließlich auch von den Entwicklern / Erfindern der Sprache. Daher könnte man 5 Punkte geben. Nur ist es LEIDER hoffnungslos veraltet. JDK 1.5_02, so stehts zu lesen, wird verwendet. Für Juni 2012 ist die neue Auflage, dann die fünfte, angekündigt. Da würde ich jetzt schon vorsichtig eine Kaufentfehlung für diese Auflage rausgeben. Wer jetzt Java lernen muß oder will, kaufen kann man es sich schon, aber es ist halt leider auf dem Stand von 2005. Dadurch fehlen alle Erweiterungen und Verbesserung von Java 1.6 und Java 1.7, wobei Java 1.7 nicht die großen Neuerungen hatte. Java 1.7 ist mehr so ein Zwischenrelease nach jahrelangem Stillstand. Interessant wird dann vorallem Java 1.8. Deswegen NUR die 3 Sterne, vor 7 Jahren wären es 5 Sterne gewesen, ohne Frage. Trotzdem würde ich selbst jetzt dieses Buch so manch aktueller 1.7 Schwarte vorziehen, die behauptet sie wäre das Buch für Java!
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