Java: A Beginner's Guide, Third Edition (Beginner's Guide)

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Reference

Java: The Complete Reference, J2SE 5 Edition

Format: Paperback
Author: Herbert Schildt
ReleaseDate: 12 November, 2004
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Rating:

Very good book
It gives you the basics for everything you need. Very good book if you are a beginner. I havent given it 5 stars because it lacks some of the advanced stuff, you end up referring to some other books for that.
Certainly recommended if you are planning to use this as a reference too.

Great Book to start Java
It clearly points out the differences between Java 1. This book as the name suggest gives you complete overview for learning and understanding Java.4 and Java 1. 5 (J2SE 5. 0). It highlights the important points and gives introduction to Swings, Servlets and a good financial application using java.

Good for any beginner !!.

Not complete at all
. If you're a beginner, this book can help you.. However, if you intend to learn data structures and algorithms such as sorting and searching, then you'll be out of luck with this book. You'll definitely need another reference bcos you'll only learn about the java util methods which would most likely not be accepted if you're learning java formally. You can get some useful information from this book though. It's very good with the basics.