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An EXCELLENT introduction to OO-programming concepts
This book is an excellent introduction to the concepts of OO-programming. The book covers the fundamental OO-programming concepts clearly and uses lots of well-planned examples. It also uses an application development "methodology" that is well suited to the OO context. Having worked in mainframe IT for several years it is a pleasure to read a thoughtful, well planned approach to teaching the subject as opposed to simply having to plough through pages of confusing source code written by someone who wants to show off his/her advanced skills and/or the latest "bleeding edge" technology. Buy it, read it, download the JAVA 1.2 SDK from SUN and start learning to program using OO NOW!. Then buy one of the "Learn how to program in JAVA in under 2.5 nanoseconds ..." type books to learn the JAVA-specifics. PS Only criticism is the quality of the binding, I'd prefer to see a hard-back version.

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Java as a textbook
Just completed UNF Intro to OO in which this was the required text. Overall, not too bad for a text book. No way any kind of reference book. Embrace and learn early on the author-supplied classes. Nice to have the source for these classes supplied. I focused too much on the Foundation Classes (from Sun) and had to go back and learn his javabook classes. Found several typos in text, example code that wouldn't compile, etc., so vet the info as you read it.

Students be advised that the class roster program in chapter 15 makes a very good assignment for a final project! ;)

The author is caught in a tough spot. In my humble but accurate and solicited opinion, Java is a terrible first language. Do yourself a favor - learn a basic 3gl first. I recommend C. If you're spending time figuring out what a switch or a while statement does for you, you're not going to be able to spend time understanding the OOP concepts that Java handles so well. In that regard, Wu spends way too much time with computer history, data types etc. Would have liked to have seen much more emphasis on Sun API. Wu also purposefully leaves out the very fun AWT package. Regrettable.

If you can handle the slow pace of his application development sequences, it is pretty enlightening. Its a nice technique that I will take with me.

Gratuitous personal shot: Doctor Caffeine? Puleeze!

See my instructor's web site: ... for a bunch of nice Java info.

Respectfully disagree with previous reviewer: Java IS cutting edge technology, and I see it running mostly on Unix machines, not mainframes, so perhaps his view as a mainframer is skewed.

If you're not forced to buy this book, there are much better out there for much less money. See ..., etc.

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Better than the best cup of Java
I am actually writing for the 3rd edition of this book, not the 1st edition.

This was the textbook used for the introduction to computer programming class I just finished taking, spring 2004. I absolutly loved it!

This is an excellent book for those who know NOTHING about programming. The first few chapters deal with the basics of programming in general. Then the book quickly and gently introduces the object oriented side of programming. Thus, the bulk of the book is developing both your general programming skills along with your OOP java skills.

What I loved about the book was that it was so remarkably easy to read. Important word/concepts are reiterated to reinforce memory. Everything is explained with only the neccesary technical jargon (i.e. lets use big/obscure words to show how smart we are). Terms and concepts are gradually and thoughtfully introduced, and then used appropriatly throughout the following chapters. I'm guessing about 1/3 of every page consists of diagrams, reinforcing what is read in a wonderfully clear visual mannor. Furthermore, the book provides the information in a surprisingly VISUAL mannor (lots of diagrams and pretty color pages); this is fabulous for first time programmers, especially since programming is inheirantly non-visual.

When I read beforehand, the class lectures felt stale, becasue I already had such a strong grasp of the concepts from the book.
This is the PERFECT book for FIRST TIME programmers because of its clarity and simplicity. Not only is it easy to self-learn with, it might actually be better that way!