Please recommend some good books for beginners on Java, thanks.?

Answer 1

if u want a reference book to fall back to i would recommend java unleashd. cant remember who da publisher is though. if u want a good text for guidence through da basic parts right to da swing and other advanced stuff u r better off with ivor horton's "begining java". bt watch out u have to put in real work to really use dis book. there is also a book which has a nice online edition "thinking in java" it also includes a good introduction to OOP. so if dis is ur first foray into programming it'll b a good choice. drop in a mail if u need anything more

Answer 2

I would recommend "Complete Reference" by Patrick Naughton. Patrick naughton was one of the members of the Green Project which lead to the development of Java in turn.
I would suggest u to please read the preface of this book and initial the section before start of actual technical teaching of Java. In this section the author has very nicely described the need and reasons lead to development of another Object Oriented Language which is Java inspite of successful existance of the other which is C++.
Please note that the author could be Patrick Naughton or the other one whose name I donot remember exactly but please be assured that the athor author I am talking about was also the partcipient in the Green Project I talked about.

I want to suggest u one more thing.. please go through 3-4 books which the other guys and gals have suggested u before me.... THEN U DECIDE 1 BOOK TO FOLLOW and then forget about other books till the time u finish with that book. DON'T REFER MORE THAT 1 BOOK at 1 time.. It will complicate the things for u.

Best of luck!

Answer 3

Give the Sams.Net Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days book a try, or the O'reilly books recommended above... all of them are good references and good for learning.

That said, I suggest you stay away from Deitel & Deitel. I found their explanations to be more difficult to follow than the other books.

Answer 4

Go for the free "thinking in java" by Bruce Eckel. Miles better than the deitel and deitel series, or any of the other books mentioned above.
http://www.mindview.net/
OReilly books are also good but mostly as technical references.
Read your book, but most important is to practice. Only when you practice what you read stays with you.
To make a quick mapping of the concepts involved try also my easy visual java tutorial at:
http://www.thanassis.com/java/java%20training%20course/index.htm
I hope you find it useful,
good luck

Answer 5

Java For Dummies

Answer 6

according to a review on CNN:
Computing Concepts with Java Essentials, by Cay Horstmann (John Wiley & Sons)
Introduction to Programming Using Java -- An Object-Oriented Approach, by Arnow & Weiss (Addison-Wesley)
Java -- An Object First Approach, by Fintan Culwin (Prentice Hall)
Java For Students, Second Edition, by Bell & Parr (Prentice Hall)
Java Gently, Second Edition, by Judy Bishop (Addison-Wesley)
Java How To Program, Second Edition by Deitel & Deitel (Prentice Hall)
Object-Oriented Programming in Java, by Gilbert & McCarty (Waite Group Press)

Answer 7

Ive never roud any books about Java Scripting, but after fiew monts on w3schools I'm realy good at it and making websites.

Answer 8

you prefer the JAVA book written by Dr.Balagurusamy,an Indian Professor.It is very gud for beginners and easily understandable.I tried that one.

Answer 9

Try the java books by Deitel and Deitel. They are really good.
Ther is one for j2se and another for j2ee

Answer 10

O'reily books are great and so are Deitel. But my personal favorites have to be O'reilys.
http://www.oreilly.com/

This book has really good reviews
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javanut5/

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