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Java: A Beginner's Guide

Java: A Beginner's Guide

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  • Author：Herbert Schildt
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Up-to-Date， Essential Java Programming Skills--Made Easy！
Fully updated for Java Platform， Standard Edition 11 （Java SE 11）， Java: A Beginner's Guide， Eighth Edition gets you started programming in Java right away。 Best-selling programming author Herb Schildt begins with the basics， such as how to create， compile， and run a Java program。 He then moves on to the keywords， syntax， and constructs that form the core of the Java language。 The book also covers some of Java's more advanced features， including multithreaded programming， generics， lambda expressions， modules， and Swing。 As an added bonus， an introduction to JShell， Java's interactive programming tool， is included。 Best of all， it's written in the clear， crisp， uncompromising style that has made Schildt the choice of millions worldwide。
Designed for Easy Learning:
-Key Skills and Concepts--Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter-Ask the Expert--Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips-Try This--Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills-Self Tests--End-of-chapter quizzes to reinforce your skills-Annotated Syntax--Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated

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Reviews

Mauricio ，

Very good introduction to Java and its newest features。 This is not a book for learning how to program or learning about the object oriented paradigm。 It covers a wide range of basic topics from fundamentals， data types， control statements， abstract data types and exceptions。 It also covers some more advanced topics as I/O， multithreading， generics， lambda expressions and modules。 For the most of it， the book is very clear and uses small code examples to illustrate。 Unfortunately， most advanced Very good introduction to Java and its newest features。 This is not a book for learning how to program or learning about the object oriented paradigm。 It covers a wide range of basic topics from fundamentals， data types， control statements， abstract data types and exceptions。 It also covers some more advanced topics as I/O， multithreading， generics， lambda expressions and modules。 For the most of it， the book is very clear and uses small code examples to illustrate。 Unfortunately， most advanced topics show impractical or just dumb examples that 'work' but don't really show how to take advantage of the features。 Read it if you need to catch up with the newest Java features。 Keep in mind Java will continue updating every six months， so this book is already outdated。 。。。more

Jorge DeFlon ，

Muy buena introducción al lenguaje java， incluyendo Aldo de las nuevas versiones 8 （Lamdas， Streams） 9 （ módulos ） y 11。La tipografía y la redacción son Excelentes。

Dmytro Turskyi ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Boring and dry information。 List of answers in the end might be interesting。 I would use this book only as a manual。

John Thompson ，

Well this was a change from Jack Reacher。Herbert Schildt does not do an exciting story line or character builds like Lee Child， but what he does have in his book， “Java: A Beginner's Guide， Sixth Edition” is a lot of excellent examples building small programs to demonstrate code constructs that anyone can use and it is a good reference book。I already knew twenty five plus computer languages but set myself a challenge to learn Java and Java Script by Christmas。 I am an Analyst and wanted to cross Well this was a change from Jack Reacher。Herbert Schildt does not do an exciting story line or character builds like Lee Child， but what he does have in his book， “Java: A Beginner's Guide， Sixth Edition” is a lot of excellent examples building small programs to demonstrate code constructs that anyone can use and it is a good reference book。I already knew twenty five plus computer languages but set myself a challenge to learn Java and Java Script by Christmas。 I am an Analyst and wanted to cross skill。 You definitely do not need to know any other programming languages to learn Java， Herbert’s skills are first rate and his knowledge of the language is obvious as he takes you through its constructs。As an Oracle publication you may have thought it would have pushed the use of their IDE JDeveloper， but the book lets you use a plain text editor to type your code into， then uses a separate utility to compile it。 This I liked。 I was at a technology conference recently listening to Microsoft and had to walk out because all they kept spouting on about was the use of the Microsoft tool set。 I was then glad that when I listened at the same conference to the Oracle people; these people just talked about the technology and not about the Oracle tool set。 This is heads up to Herbert for separating the topic in hand from the Company Sponsor。An excellent book and I am following it with Restful Java with JAX-RS， because we also use this at work。 。。。more

Lana T ，

This was such a helpful resource while I was taking Computer Science 1 and starting out with Java。

Alina Zavrazhina ，

Nice book for begginers or in case you want to refresh your knowledge in short time。 Just one serious flaw is a lack Collections Framework chapter。

Omar ，

This book helped me get a start with Java right from scratch。 With or without programming knowledge， if you want to learn Java， this book is just for you。 If you already know the basics of Java， you might want to skip ahead into the book。 The only problem with this book is it often repeats parts over to make sure you understand it perfectly。 That didn't stop me from reading the book， though！ 5/5 This book helped me get a start with Java right from scratch。 With or without programming knowledge， if you want to learn Java， this book is just for you。 If you already know the basics of Java， you might want to skip ahead into the book。 The only problem with this book is it often repeats parts over to make sure you understand it perfectly。 That didn't stop me from reading the book， though！ 5/5 。。。more

zijie ku ，

It’s interesting to read。 This book covers details and design principles for the Java language。

Mikhail GEYER ，

Not very interesting， expected better。Do not give good introduction to real needs to start programming Java。 No words about Lists， Collections， streams， maps etc and other useful things。 Though quite simple but not very efficient/laconic book。

Narender ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 helpful notes

Martin ，

Years after reading this book， I have to say - author explained all the OOP concepts very well。 I learned my OOP foundation in this book and after several classes I realized how many good habits I picked up without even thinking about it！

Dmytro Chaban ，

Sixth edition of this book is awesom。 I've started reading this and was excited how awesome this book is。 There's a lot of information that newbie needs， really。 Sixth edition of this book is awesom。 I've started reading this and was excited how awesome this book is。 There's a lot of information that newbie needs， really。 。。。more

Mik Vargas ，

Honestly I skipped three chapters， but I consider this book is a good reference。 However， the examples are really simple， so it would be great to add some explanations when to use or not to use the concepts explained。 Sincerely I have to admit that Java Head First is a much better book and also more entertaining。

Mary ，

Overall I wasn't pleased。 There are some great things here， but too many important topics are glossed over or missing from this to be a good beginner's book。 As a person who has known Java since it's first days， I too overlooked much of this on my first read as I chose this for my beginning Java book at a tech college。 However the confusion from my students quickly made me aware of all of the book's short comings。 The examples were not clear or focused enough and the explanations assumed backgro Overall I wasn't pleased。 There are some great things here， but too many important topics are glossed over or missing from this to be a good beginner's book。 As a person who has known Java since it's first days， I too overlooked much of this on my first read as I chose this for my beginning Java book at a tech college。 However the confusion from my students quickly made me aware of all of the book's short comings。 The examples were not clear or focused enough and the explanations assumed background knowledge that they didn't have。 And note that they already know programming basics， just not Java， so anyone also new to programming would likely struggle more。Going past the basics， there are key things that are not covered here。 The most egregious omission is an introduction to and discussion of Collections。 While I understand that a beginning book cannot cover everything， this is so integral to doing so many things that it is ridiculous not to include。 Even if this had just been enough to introduce lists and the ArrayList class， with a pointer out to the other classes， that would be sufficient。 There are so many other topics that are crammed in here in such a way that I really question the author's choices to leave that out entirely。 I could go on and on about our issues with this book， but I think I'll just leave it with this。。。 Anyone authoring a Beginner's Guide， really needs to take some steps back to what it is truly like to be a beginner。 And anyone publishing one should really get some beginners to read it。 My choice for a book in this space is still Head First Java， which does go back to that beginner level and also does a great job reinforcing concepts through repetition and detailed examples with discussion。 Honestly a true beginner really isn't concerned yet with the new and different from Java 8， so even though that book is now quite old， I would still recommend it。 。。。more

Nimrod Daniel ，

I finished the book a long time ago （Except for a chapter that doesn't deal with core Java）。 I've some background in programming， but not OOP， so the first parts were somewhat boring。 But still， I learned a lot。 The book is quite good as an introduction book with helpful code examples， though sometimes it feels somewhat repetitive。 4-4。25/5 I finished the book a long time ago （Except for a chapter that doesn't deal with core Java）。 I've some background in programming， but not OOP， so the first parts were somewhat boring。 But still， I learned a lot。 The book is quite good as an introduction book with helpful code examples， though sometimes it feels somewhat repetitive。 4-4。25/5 。。。more

Em Salam ，

came across an old folder of class assignments and remembered how well-written and edited this book is。 great resource filled with numerous easy-to-understand working examples of every concept the author wishes to teach。 。。。 this text was used in UC Berkeley Extension's beginning Java course， equally as thorough and appropriate for the absolute newb。 came across an old folder of class assignments and remembered how well-written and edited this book is。 great resource filled with numerous easy-to-understand working examples of every concept the author wishes to teach。 。。。 this text was used in UC Berkeley Extension's beginning Java course， equally as thorough and appropriate for the absolute newb。 。。。more

Shane Vanhull ，

Good overview of Java。 Very general coverage of everything。 Gives you just enough knowledge to write basic programs and the ability to know where to look in the API for the more complex classes and methods you need as you advance。

Sergey ，

An excellent book to start learning Java。 The author iteratively walks you through the language-specific concepts and explains the object-oriented philosophy behind Java。 This is the only book about Java I've read so far and I'm glad I chose it over other beginner-level books。 I was able to apply the knowledge and already got my first （however small） application running in production。 An excellent book to start learning Java。 The author iteratively walks you through the language-specific concepts and explains the object-oriented philosophy behind Java。 This is the only book about Java I've read so far and I'm glad I chose it over other beginner-level books。 I was able to apply the knowledge and already got my first （however small） application running in production。 。。。more

Khalil ，

incredible book ， read it with JAVA the complete reference

Joel Land ，

I had to learn Java and complete a series of somewhat complicated security programs all in a month's time。 I went from zero experience with Java （though some knowledge of C/C++） to fully competent in the two weeks I spent with this book。 Highly recommended！ I had to learn Java and complete a series of somewhat complicated security programs all in a month's time。 I went from zero experience with Java （though some knowledge of C/C++） to fully competent in the two weeks I spent with this book。 Highly recommended！ 。。。more

Alex Murygin ，

I thing it's a good book for beginner。 I thing it's a good book for beginner。 。。。more

Ferry ，

start for learning java language

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