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  • Paperback: 408 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 2nd Edition edition (15 April 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0764588745
  • ISBN-13: 978-0764588747
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 18.6 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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  • Covering everything from basic Java development concepts to the latest tools and techniques used in Java, this book will put would–be programmers on their way to Java mastery
  • Explores what goes into creating a program, how to put the pieces together, dealing with standard programming challenges, debugging, and making it work
  • Updated for the release of the Java SDK 2.0, with all examples revised to reflect the changes in the technology


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4.0 out of 5 stars Great for a beginner or 1st year programming student, 7 Jan 2004
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This is a great little book for the absolute beginner which gently eases you into the baffling world of object orientation. It’s a very light hearted read and makes learning fun. The dedicated student could breeze through this book in a few days and will gain enough knowledge to certainly progress onto more complex matters of software engineering.
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5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT INTRODUCTION, 15 Sep 2005
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This book is aimed at someone who is keen to learn programming, but who hasn't had much exposure to programming before (I had learnt a little BASIC as a schoolboy and that was it). Even for me, it seemed very simple, and I was a little impatient at first and nearly gave up after a few chapters because it was going on and on about very simple things you could do with numbers, etc. But I'm so glad that I read through to the end - as it started to make sense of Object Oriented Programming, which is not so easy to understand. I had been reading it alongside "Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours", and this really emphasised how well this book was written. The Sams book covered very similar ground, but it was dry theory with examples that were not clearly explained. In this book, by contrast, the writer really seems to have at heart the intention to HELP the reader understand what is going on, and so every example is followed by a very simple explanation of what is happening. Sometimes it feels too simple, but this is FAR, FAR better than not providing enough explanation. You feel through this book that you are being guided and that nothing will be presented that is beyond your ability to understand. Tomorrow I'm going to get his follow-up book, which I hope will be as helpful in taking the next step.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beginning Programming with Java for Dummies, 15 Nov 2003
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As a novice programmer I very much enjoyed Beginning Programming with Java for Dummies.Everything was explained in detail with step by step explanations as to how to download software from Sun Microsystems and how to write and compile Java Programs. If you get stuck you can e-mail the author. I certainly got a prompt reply when I did this.There are a number of prewritten programs on the author's own website which you can use to practise running programs and which help you to see how the Java code works in practice. The author gives a clear explanation of what object oriented programming means and gives practical help in understanding error messages and using the Java API documentation. An easy to read book which I am happy to recommend.
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