Amazon.co.uk: DON'T BUY THIS! Popular IT books I'd advise you NOT to buy!

DON'T BUY THIS! Popular IT books I'd advise you NOT to buy!
A Listmania! list by "snooze_uk"

1. Design patterns : elements of reusable object-oriented software by Erich Gamma

The list author says:
	"A controversial start! Patterns for narrow-minded OO-purists. Don't invalidly try to leverage someone else's solution into your system! That said, it's good to understand these patterns......."

�31.49 Used & New from: �20.82

(51 customer reviews)

2. Mastering Enterprise JavaBeans by Ed Roman

The list author says:
	"A good book on EJB. Might convince you to use EJB. Therefore, DON'T READ IT!"

Used & New from: �0.01

(3 customer reviews)

3. UML in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)) by Sinan Si Alhir

The list author says:
	"Most 'Nutshell' books are great little reference guides. This is not. Impossible to find things that you're looking for. Much better tutorials are available."

�17.50 Used & New from: �0.01

(12 customer reviews)

4. Core Java 2: Fundamentals v.1: Fundamentals Vol 1 (The Sun Microsystems Press Java series) by Cay S. Horstmann

The list author says:
	"A matter of taste and, I suspect, ability. Over-verbose in areas which are fundamentally simple, over-simplistic for the interesting bits. One for beginners who don't itend to progress."

Used & New from: �0.78

(7 customer reviews)

5. Java Developers Almanac 1.4, Volume 2: Examples and Quick Reference: v. 2 (Java (Addison-Wesley)) by Patrick Chan

The list author says:
	"This is just information from the Sun Javadoc! Looking up method names? Use an auto-completing IDE! Don't buy a book!"

Used & New from: �4.00

(16 customer reviews)

6. Early Adopter J2SE 1.4 by James Hart

The list author says:
	"Overview of upcoming J2SE features. Basic information for people who want to SOUND like they're up to date, not detailed enough for those that want to BE up to date!"

Used & New from: �1.47

(2 customer reviews)