Hi,
I would like to know if this book is good:
"Design Patterns In Java" - Steven John Metsker William C. Wake.
And what about "Thinking in java"?
Thank's
Yael
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yael800
It depends. Are you starting on Java programming? This is what I recommend you:
- Thinking in Java is definitely a must. He's author has been one of the most important characters in programming. Has good introductory material and is good for starters and for reference as well. You can also find in his website some free books (http://www.bruceeckel.com).
- Design Patterns in Java: I don't know it but patterns are more for intermediate / advanced programmers. They're useful for learning best practices once you know the basics.
Hope this helps.
> - Thinking in Java is definitely a must. He's author
> has been one of the most important characters in
Hardly. His only claim to fame is that he makes the book available free of charge.
IMO they're rather poor books.
> - Design Patterns in Java: I don't know it but
> patterns are more for intermediate / advanced
> programmers. They're useful for learning best
> practices once you know the basics.
>
Doesn't hurt to know about them though, prevents learning a lot of bad practices (though slavishly using them is also bad).
mmm..
What about these books for these topics:
Head First Design Patterns from Bates & Sierra
Head First Servlets and JSP from Bates & Sierra
I'm not going to learn only from a book..
> Head First Design Patterns from Bates & Sierra
excellent book. Best way to get the concepts into your head, after that you may also want a pattern catalogue of some sort as a reference but those are no good for learning what and why (and when not).
> Head First Servlets and JSP from Bates & Sierra
>
haven't read it, but colleagues that have say it's good.
When it comes to Design Patterns, I still like the original:
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
http://www.amazon.com/Design-Patterns-Object-Oriented-Addison-Wesley-Professional/dp/0201633612/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-0126825-1511357?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185217662&sr=1-1
that's a good book as a reference, but hardly a decent tutorial...
