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[A.N.H]

hey all

I'm new here and don't know if there a specific forum dedicated to books, so bear with me if this post isn't in the right forum.

I'm looking for a java book with alot of exercises and more importantly solutions, I've got deitel's "java how to program" its good but most of the exercises there aren't solved and i need to check the answered code for some questions, anyways to sum up, does anyone know a good java programming book ( for beginners mind u) that has alot of clear example and most importanly alot of exercises and solved exerscises.

thanks

[John]

I never bought a Java book so I'm not sure what to recommend, however you can always use this forum to help you work through the exercises in your current book

[Toby]

Well if I were you I'd check out thepiratebay.org for torrents of those books, that's where I learnt C/C++/C# from.

[oubless]

Learning Java ( I think 3-rd edition can now be downloaded for free )
By Jonathan Knudsen, Patrick Niemeyer
Thinking in Java
By Bruce Eckel ( Not sure how his name spells :-[ )

[Patrick]

I suggest you to learn from online means because it will save your a lot of time. All the text from different books can be found on the internet now.

Cheers.

[Deathcry]

i used sams teach yourself java 2 in 21 days and its awsome. best book i found.

[G_Morgan]

I highly recommend you download the Java API specification and the tutorials from java.sun.com. The API specification can be a life saver (basically lists the entire class library down the side of the screen, a quick search for some key words will usually give you what you want).

[sthenri]

Big Java, is pretty good. There are more exercises than the usual books. I have many books, tutorials, google, this site are all good resources.

[Ryan Marfone]

I was going to recommend the Deitel books but I see you have already commented on them. Generally the WROX books are great references. From a learning standpoint I would really stick with the Deitel books. A great swing book is "Swing, A Beginner's Guide" by Schildt.

[webdreamer]

I'm taking an OO Programming course that's taught in Java and the recommended books are the Thinking in Java book and Head First Java. I have not read any of those but as far as I heard, Thinking in Java is more complete. However, if you are a beginner to it all and you get easily bored with long descriptions of things that don't really matter, perhaps O'Reillys Head First in Java is better. Well I read the Head First Design Patterns - and yes, it's true, it has a lot of comic like balloons, it's a little bit child-like but it's funny at times and it explained everything really well, step by step.