Beginning Programming with Java<sup><small>TM</small></sup> For Dummies<sup>®</sup> (For Dummies)

click here for more details, find new or used items	Barry Burd New from £5.98 Used from £3.86 Pages: 384 (Paperback) ISBN: 0764526464 Pub: John Wiley & Sons Pub date: 2003-05-09 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 181261

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An Excellent Introduction to Java (4/4 people found this helpful)

I am a mature University student studying Web Development and Programming.I needed a gentle introduction to Java, and this book has provided just that.It takes the reader by the hand and introduces all of the basic concepts in an informative and uncomplicated manner (not an easy task).
The author is also very accesible.I had a problem with some code and he responded to my email within hours.(He pointed me to a posting on his Weblog which did just the trick).
I approached Java with some trepidation but thanks to Mr Burd I am now feeling very confident about tackling the more complicated issues.
I am also more than holding my own at University.I can`t thank the author enough.
An introduction to Java that I would highly recommend to anyone.

A good starter book for Java (6/6 people found this helpful)

This book really does start with the basics, so if you already know a bit about programming it will possibly be too slow - However, if like me you need a refresher (after a 15 year break) or really are new to programming this is a good launch pad - don't be too disappointed that it does not leap straight into Windows, Icons, Mice, and Pointers and there are lots of text examples. It does get the message across very well.

A well written introduction to the Java language (7/7 people found this helpful)

I recently finished my MSc course, which involved extensive programming. When I began the course I didn't have a clue about what a program was and what the Java language was all about. To be honest I was never really a computer person. I purchased this book as I had to understand everything about Java programming. It provided a good introduction to the language and explained parts of a program really well. The book moved at a good pace introducing, classes, methods and instances. Before I knew it, I was programming in Java with confidence.

Since Java was the first hard core object orientated language I learnt, it became very easy for me to program in other languages such as C, C++, Python, Perl (a scripting language), Visual Basic and Fortran. I would recommend this book as an introduction to the language but once you grasp the basics, it would be useful to purchase Java 5.0 Illumintaed by Anderson and Franceschi as it provides advanced features of the language. Overall, it's worth the money!

EXCELLENT INTRODUCTION (14/14 people found this helpful)

This book is aimed at someone who is keen to learn programming, but who hasn't had much exposure to programming before (I had learnt a little BASIC as a schoolboy and that was it). Even for me, it seemed very simple, and I was a little impatient at first and nearly gave up after a few chapters because it was going on and on about very simple things you could do with numbers, etc. But I'm so glad that I read through to the end - as it started to make sense of Object Oriented Programming, which is not so easy to understand. I had been reading it alongside "Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours", and this really emphasised how well this book was written. The Sams book covered very similar ground, but it was dry theory with examples that were not clearly explained. In this book, by contrast, the writer really seems to have at heart the intention to HELP the reader understand what is going on, and so every example is followed by a very simple explanation of what is happening. Sometimes it feels too simple, but this is FAR, FAR better than not providing enough explanation. You feel through this book that you are being guided and that nothing will be presented that is beyond your ability to understand. Tomorrow I'm going to get his follow-up book, which I hope will be as helpful in taking the next step.

Over all Good book (7/8 people found this helpful)

If you know anything about java or any other programming languages then this book is NOT for you. For example this book shows you how to create a directory. It is that basic.

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