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 I am very satisfied with this book
I am very satisfied with this Java(TM) Programming Language, The (4th Edition) (The Java Series) book because it includes all necesary information to learn about the language and make exercises, It is great for me and I recomend it very much.
If you're comfortable with programming ..
and would like to learn Java, then this is the book for you. It provides a very good discussion on all important topics in Core Java at a level that would suit a person who understands the basics of object oriented programming and wants to learn Java. There is a nice discussion on threading and even the Reflection API which is not usually covered in introductory texts in Java finds a place here...furthermore it is written by the founder of Java and it shows..the text is lucid without running the risk of being terse, and there are enough examples to illustrate the key points. Overall I would highly recommend this book to any programmer wishing to learn Java.
 mediocre, too verbose
every programming language supposedly has two books: one tutorial, and the other a reference manual. the tutorial's strength lies in illuminating examples and progressive organization of the materials, while the reference book should shine with conciseness and rigorousness.
this book organizes the topics in a weird way, and the examples lack insights. one can judge this by looking at the "exception" chapter: verbose and not to the point.
What a book!
I thought I have fine Java knowledge, actually I already knew most stuff in this book exception some new things from Java 5. But the way these authors present Java language in such a simple, clean way make me felt I was overconfident about my Java knowledge. I believe this book benefits more for experienced Java programmer than newbie. It's terrific for beginners too, save you lots of fluff.
 The reference book of the Java programming language (up to J2SE 5.0)
This book presents the basics of the Java programming language. Java is an object-oriented programming language, with a syntax inspired from the C and C++ programming languages [1, 2]. An important distinction must be made between the different parts of what is traditionally referred to as Java. Java is made of four parts: Java the programming language [3], Java the virtual machine [4], Java the standard set of libraries [5], and Java the specifications [6, 7]. This book is about the programming language.
The Java language basics covered in this book include classes and objects, fields, constants, constructors, methods, parameters, variables, arrays, strings, character sets, comments, garbage collection and memory management, inheritance, access controls, method overloading, interfaces, exceptions, packages, object cloning, primitive data types and their wrapper objects, type conversion, literals, arithmetic and conditional operators, statements and blocks, multithreading, file and network input/output streams, collections, observables, date and time, randomization, string tokenization, system properties, system calls, security, mathematics, and Java-to-C/C++ mapping. Additions to the fourth edition include the new J2SE 5.0 features, including generics, enums, annotations, assertions, and regular expressions. With so many bacics and the latest features, this book establishes as a comprehensive coverage of the Java programming language essentials, as for the 5.0 version of the Java 2 Standard Edition platform.
The authors of this book are also the co-founders of the Java language. Therefore, their authorship makes the book a de facto reference. Nevertheless, the discourse register hesitates between authoritative descriptions and the will to explain. The latter inclination of the register makes the content easier to understand, although the book cannot be considered as a tutorial. Simple examples illustrate the concepts presented, and a few exercises are progressively proposed with the reading. This unexpected combination of authority and pedagogy makes the book a valuable contribution to any computer scientist willing to learn the Java language from an authoritative reference. Beginners should however consider reading a dedicated tutorial book [8].
[1] L. H. Miller, A. E. Quilici, The Joy of C.
[2] B. Stroustrup, The C++ Programming Language.
[3] B. Joy et al., Java Language Specification.
[4] T. Lindholm, F. Yellin, The Virtual Machine Specification.
[5] P. Chan, The Java Developers Almanac.
[6] Sun Microsystems, API Specifications, Sun Web site.
[7] The Java Community Process Program, Java Specification Requests.
[8] M. Campione, K. Walrath, The Java Tutorial.
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