Java Programming Book

duck · 28 Jan 2006 at 14:54

Could anyone recommend a good Java book, I know it's personal choice but as I do not have a local bookshop for a browse I want to order on-line and don't want to waste money on a book thats a lemon !

I brought a book which I do not find very good (Ivor Hortons Beginning Java 2).

I have read some reviews on Amazon and "Core Java 2: Volume 1 Fundamentals" seems quiet popular.

I would be interested to hear of any Java books people use and what they think of them.

Cheers

duck · 28 Jan 2006 at 15:55

Sorry I should have mentioned that:

I have/do use VBA a lot.
I've used asp and asp.net.
I've done a little C & C++ programming.

I've done the basic stuff in Java using the book I already have and also using on-line tutorials but most of that is command line programms and I would like to find out more about using windows/graphics, handling exceptions, capturing mouse and keyboard events and reading/writing to files and databases.

duck · 31 Jan 2006 at 17:42

Thanks for the replies.

I have discovered the sun tutorials and have started this one:

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/TOC.html#nutsandbolts

I shall look for the swing one when I have finished this.

I have a couple of little program ideas that I will have a bash at once I get the tutorials under my belt.

Cheers

duck · 2 Feb 2006 at 20:26

Thanks for all the replies.

I'm really enjoying the sun tutorial I mentioned above and can recommend it to anyone else looking to learn java, I'm about half way through and it's getting more interesting as it goes on.

Cheers