Book For Java,

> Hello friends,

> Can you suggest a good book for Java. I am a beginner

> with fairly good knowledge on programming. Is it

> necessary to learn C++ for Java

I'm currently reading this "Java Foundations" By Todd Greanier , it's from 2004 published by Sybex, it's good for your purposes since it makes a good introduction to Object Oriented Programming.

Walter_Rincon

Walter_Rincona at 2007-7-9 23:21:59 >

> My personal fave (so far) is Bruce Eckels thinking in

> java.

>

> Java For Dummies was a waste of time and money.

no it was not. This was my first book since i did not know about loops, scanner in java 5.0 while loops., for loops, array and etc.. i got a good start by reading this book and jumped to a higher level.

click on the url above you will find bunch of online books and tutorials. please do not go to sun tutorial if you dont have any clue about OOP. i posted this question like 6 months ago and i am glad my passion for learning java have placed me in a good decent position.

http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=772736&messageID=4401901#4401901

fastmikea at 2007-7-9 23:22:00 >

> THanks a lot.

> there are so many e-books given in the links. So

> which one is the best. I dpn't have any knowledge on

> OOPS.

> But i know C programming and VB 6.0. I even know SQL

> and PLSQL.

well then i urge you to go to this url and read all the chapters, solve all the quiz problems and exercise problems and if you get stuck post the question in the forum. that is what i did.

http://chortle.ccsu.edu/java5/cs151java.html

fastmikea at 2007-7-9 23:22:00 >

> Just curious if you have books from months ago that

> you haven't read why are you continuously asking for

> book reccommendations ? Why not stop spending money

> on new books and go through the ones you have right

> now - just curious, if that one was for personal

> reading and the rest are for projects then I

> completely understand.

Well i bought two books and i started with one ( rusty's book ). I have postponed design patterns to sometime in april when i finish off with some basics in jdbc ( the reason why i was asking for a book on jdbc the other day ). I have kept jdbc and networking in java as my priority now as i would be applying for an internship sometime later ( which hopefully i am going to get ).

qUesT_foR_knOwLeDgea at 2007-7-9 23:22:00 >