[Techtalk] Java textbook recommendations

[Isabelle Hurbain]

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 01:22:44 -0800 (PST)
Berenice Chong <showercurtain2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm studying java as part of my course this year and I'm looking for
> a good introductory book that has no-nonsense explanations of java
> features like looping, exception handling etc and how to use them
> properly. The textbook we're using by Joyce Farrell) is one of the
> worst I've come across and to make matters worse, the lecturers don't
> cover the chapters in sequential order. 
> 
> Apart from the online java tutorials, can anyone recommend some
> books?

I learned C++ from Deitel and Deitel's book (C++ How to program) and I
really enjoyed it. I know there is a Java textbook from the same authors
:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0131016210/qid=1080638973/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/104-2179199-9771140?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
you may want to have a look at it. Anyway, the quality of a textbook is
something very subjective IMHO - I remember when I searched a C++ book I
scanned the notion of pointer, which was NOT obvious for me at the time,
and decided with which book I understood best. I believe the thing you
may want to do is to take an afternoon, go to your bookstore, and use
this methodology. You take for example exception handling, and look at
different books, and then you decide.
Good luck !

Isa