On Dec 19, 12:57 pm, aditya.deshpande1...@gmail.com wrote:

I have always liked books by O'Reilly publishing and Sam's publishing
for intro stuff and/or reference.

But there are enough free books and tutorials on the net that you
could probably learn java without buying a book. If you have any
experience at all in programming, object oriented especially, you
really could learn it without buying a book.

We seem to get two or more of these questions each week.  It would
really help if you searched the c.l.j.p archives.  I'm going to have to
make a template so I can just auto-send an answer...

My preferences:

Learning Java by O'Reilly press

Sun's online tutorial:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/

Javapassion free online course:
http://www.javapassion.com/javaintro/

I found Sun's tutorial hard to comprehend at first.  I needed Learning
Java to bridge the gap between basic syntax and effective use.  The
online tutorial is great though for those parts that Learning Java
doesn't go into, once you learn the basics of the API and language.

Javapassion is a good online course which forces you to learn, if you do
the homework.  Once you learn the basics, the Javapassion course will
re-enforce that knowledge to help you really know it well.

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:57:12 -0800, aditya.deshpande1986 wrote:

You can find good java tutorials online.  However, if you must have a
book I suggest something from Headfirst Labs if you're new to java.

On Dec 19, 11:57 pm, aditya.deshpande1...@gmail.com wrote:

Herbert schildt will be the best book for learning Java.