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Format: Paperback
Author: Bruce Eckel
ReleaseDate: 10 February, 2006
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Rating:

Easy to follow
I have some background in C++, and this book is the perfect level. I've had many textbooks that you can hardly read, but this one is great and easy to follow.

Outstanding introduction and overview of Java
I have read many technical books on Java, C, Visual Basic and a host of other programming languages and this book is by far the best written that I have ever read. Bruce Eckel's "Thinking in Java" is the best technical book that I have ever used.

The book introduces the reader to the concepts behind the technology and builds on these concepts by providing examples and exercises. Each topic is explored in reasonable depth. This gives the reader a good foundation to build on. The book also references other texts for more detail and depth on specific topics.

I strongly recommend this book to anyone wishing to learn Java or be introduced to the object oriented programming paradigm. .

Great book
. I bought it by recommendation and after reading it would recommend to others.