Favorite Java Books

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jwren - 25 Oct 2007 05:06 GMT

Hi,

Would anyone mind recommending their favorite books for learning
Java? I am an expert at C# and need a low level book to patch up my
Java foundation (like CLR Via C# by Jeffrey Richter).

Thanks,
James

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Andrew Thompson - 25 Oct 2007 05:29 GMT

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>Would anyone mind recommending their favorite books ..

Do you mean books, specifically? There are many good
web based (and downloadable*) learning resources.

>..for learning
>Java? I am an expert at C# and need a low level book to patch up my
>Java foundation (like CLR Via C# by Jeffrey Richter).

Two Java book review sites (from people literate
in Java, and passionate about books)
<http://www.techbookreport.com/JavaIndex.html>
<http://virtualinfinity.net/wordpress/technical-book-recommendations/>

* A common recommendation is 'Thinking in Java' by
Bruce Eckel, though that may be of more use to people
who have not had OO experience before. I mention it
specfically because it is freely downloadable.

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Daniel Pitts - 25 Oct 2007 05:30 GMT

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>> Would anyone mind recommending their favorite books ..
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> <http://www.techbookreport.com/JavaIndex.html>
> <http://virtualinfinity.net/wordpress/technical-book-recommendations/>

Thanks for the plug :-)

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James - 25 Dec 2007 23:47 GMT

> Hi,
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> Thanks,
> James

I absolutely recommend Murach's books. I purchased Murach's Java SE 6
(Training and Reference) from a local bookstore and have already written
a GUI program and corresponding applet of my own design using Netbeans
5.5 and now Netbeans 6.0.

I have even contacted the publisher regarding a few things and received
very prompt and satisfactory replies.

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