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Thinking in Java - 4th Ed [Repost]

Posted By: metalero87
Thinking in Java - 4th Ed [Repost]

"Thinking in Java" by Eckel
2006 | ISBN: 0131872486 | Pages: 1079 | English | PDF | 6 MB



Reader's review:
This is not a beginner's book to programming, but if you have a little bit of programming experience and the desire to learn, this is the book for you. Thinking in Java helps you understand the thought process and concepts that the developers of Java had in mind when they developed the language. Bruce Eckel is a very experienced teacher and excellent communicator who is able to present the concepts in an understandable way. This is not for bedtime reading, you should have Java installed on your machine and interact with the book. Of course, nothing is better than attending a seminar by Mr. Eckel but this book comes pretty darn close. Don't bother with the "free" versions of this book's earlier editions, the Java Language has evolved and moved beyond them (Java added "generics" which is a major and painful language after-thought). It is clear that Mr. Eckel is not a fan of the way that Sun implemented Java (and I agree with him). But if you limit the use of Generics you can get by. If you are relatively new to programming and have the desire to learn, you should expect to spend at least three months crawling through this treasure book. It will be worth the effort. If you are an experienced programmer, this book will reveal the underlying concepts in a meaningful way to help you understand the differences between Java and C# and you can get through it in about a month. In addition, this book tries to show you how to organize your code for human readability (when properly done, your code almost reads like a human language - and please remember, I said "almost"). As a final comment, Java is a complex and verbose language (especially since Sun added generics) so this book will always be a good reference.