ISBN0-13-222220-5

I am a hobby programmer.
I really like the style of this book.
I played with Java a little before this book and I had trouble with compiling and running the programs.(You have to edit the environmental variables in XP)
He covered that almost immediately. That alone told me how systematic his approach is.
I have not delved in any further then Chapter 8, but following the samples with the proper way of preparation is very helpful.

I recently took the Sun Microsystems Java Programming Language course, the SL-275, and was kinda hard to keep up with no previous experience with java. But with this book everything is getting clear now.

It's well written, easy to understand, very explanatory, i haven't finished it yet because i was reading some Debian Linux books. But i can tell you, this is a must if you want to learn java.

I learned my first C language with this series "C: How to program". After that, How to program series are my favorite programming books on my bookshell. I highly recoment this book to who are java beginners. For a biginner, the most important is simple codes with line by line explaination. The book is just written on this way. Good job!

This is THE authoritative source for Java Programming. I teach from this book, and have been teaching from previous editions as well since 1999.

The students are usually able to grasp the concepts easily enough, and the examples help to drive the concepts home.

As a professional Java developer, I still use it for a reference for some of the things I don't handle every day.

All in all, I would definitely recommend it!

I bought this book for a sophomore computer science class on OO and web-design. This was one of the worst textbooks I've come across. The examples are old. (Who really wants another Employee class example?). The text is full of 'helpful' facts that are often obscure and distracting. This book never really explained the most important topics of OO (such as polymorphism) in a way that I understood.

Computer Science textbooks should not be sold based on weight but on content. Do yourself a favor and purchase Head First Java.