Core Java

[Angela Poynton]

When I had about eight months of Java experience, I read the Core series. After reading
Just Java 1.1, the core series were awful by comparison. They had a lot of errors coming
from taking a book on 1.0 and sticking in a few 1.1 paragraphs and calling it a 1.1 book.
I don't know if the 1.2 series is better - I haven't bothered to look since Just Java 1.2
works so well for me.(trailboss Jan 2000)

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[Jason Menard]

Not sure which books this review is supposed to cover since there are several "Core Java" books. However, Core Java2 Volume 1 is an excellent book to get, particularly I think if you have previous programming experience. I'm not saying previous programming experience is required to use this book, but I did have a background with other languages when I picked this book up, and to me it made learning Java a snap. All the basics of the language are covered in here. This is the book I refer people in my office to who are just begininning work in Java.
Between this book, and Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages, I learned all I needed to transition from other languages into being a productive web developer on the Java platform.