[geeks] Good Java book?

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Bill Bradford wrote:

> I need a good basic entry-level "Learn Java" book.  Suggestions?

_Thinking_in_Java_:

   http://web.celestrion.net/docs/eckel/tij3/

Have that open on one side of your screen, the Sun API reference:

   http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/

on the other, and your code in the middle.  You'll do just fine.  Once
you get the jist of how things work, you can teach yourself the rest
from the API.

One language-agnostic book you -will- want to read is _Design_Patterns_.
It's a cookbook of how to do things well in object-orientend languages.
A lot of it will seem "weird" from a Perl/Shell/Scheme background, but
they really do make sense when you shift your brain into OOP mode.

   http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0201633612/104-9879365-8340741

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