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Title: JAVA in a Nutshell - A Desktop Quick Reference by David Flanagan, Paula Ferguson ISBN: 119900040X Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.01
Rating: 4
Summary: must have reference text
Comment: ISBN 156592262X or 1565923049 for the deluxe CD version. This is David Flanagan's classic text on Java published by O'Reilly. It is for experienced programmers new to Java, not new to programming. It covers the Java language and lists all the methods of the standard classes, indexed in a variety of convenient ways. Unfortunately there is no room to provide anything you could not find out by looking at the JavaDOC. It would be nice, if at least on the CD, there were additional notes about the various gotchas, how the various methods are used together etc. It is a reference, not a tutorial. It comes in two versions, plain and deluxe with CD that includes four other books: Exploring Java, the Java Language Reference, Java Fundamental Classes Reference, and the Java AWT Reference. The author answers his email and uses the feedback to improve the book.
Rating: 5
Summary: I'm VERY impressed! He nailed it with the 3rd edition.
Comment: This book is my new favorite Java book. This book is probably my new favorite technical book. It's simply an excellent example of what a technical reference book should be.
The first quarter of the book is a very good introduction to Java, the syntax, as well as object oriented programming (OOP). The syntax and OOP portions of the book are the best I've seen in any book. If you are new to Java, reading through these sections carefully will teach you almost everything you'll need to know about the Java language. The third edition of the book doesn't assume a C/C++ background, so even those with limited or no programming experience will find this section very helpful.
Next you'll find excellent coverage of the Java platform. The bulk of the book is a reference of the different Java classes in JDK 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, and even 1.3Beta. The coverage is excellent. I would have liked to see examples, but I suppose that really is asking too much from one book.
I have a large library of Java books, but this one is #1 for me. Shelf time for this book is going to be very low. The book literally hasn't seen a shelf since it arrived from Amazon.
There are several Java books I find to be far superior to others. For anyone new to the Java language, I believe the following are the very best books to have nearby (ranked in order): Java in a Nutshell, 3rd... Java Examples in a Nutshell... Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell... Java Enterprise in a Nutshell... The Java Class Libraries, 2nd, Vol 1. by Patrick Chan
Obviously, I'm a fan of David Flanagan's Java books (he wrote the top four). Pick one up to see why. They are all excellent, but my favorite is this one (JavaNut 3rd edition). The set of four Flanagan books easily comprise the best resource on Java available.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Title Says it All
Comment: In this 3rd edition of his book, Mr. Flanagan has developed a solid, accessible, useful resource for server-side Java developers of all experience levels.
Part 1 of the book has been completely revised so that all references to C and C++ have been summarized into two pages at the end of Chapter 2 and Chapter 3. This makes Chapter 2 ("Java Syntax from the Ground Up") and Chapter 3 ("Object-Oriented Programming in Java") much more accessible to PL/SQL developers who may have an understanding of procedural logic, but no real experience programming in an object-oriented language like C++.
Chapter 4 ("The Java Platform") gives a concise overview of the Java platform. These thirty pages do not answer all questions concerning the Java architecture, but they do introduce many topics that new Java developers will quickly find they'll want to learn more about.
Chapter 5 ("Java Security") is both a good introduction and a useable reference for basic Java security.
Chapter 6 ("JavaBeans") gives a very brief overview of, well, JavaBeans. It is more of an explanation of what they are rather than a real resource for developing "beans". At only ten pages, this chapter is less than half the number of pages dedicated to this chapter in the 2nd edition of this book. This is keeping with the book's focus on server-side Java ( the author suggests that client-side programmers also check out "Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell").
Chapter 7 is a brief but important chapter as it shows how easily Java code can be formatted and documented. Anyone working on a large development project will quickly become a fan of "javadoc" if the simple doc-comment tags are used properly.
Chapter 8 ("Java Development Tools") covers the variety of command line tools that Sun ships with Java. This chapter could almost be included in Part II of the book as it is a very handy reference chapter.
If Part I of the book is the bare bones of Java, Part II ("API Quick Reference") is the meat. In these 21 chapters, Mr. Flanagan presents what he calls the "essential APIs of the Java platform").
Gone from the 3rd edition are GUI references to AWT and applets. Most of the pages that make up this section of the book could have been cut and pasted from the Java documentation, but his brief comments and explanations are very useful for both deciding which packages and objects to use in developing server-side code as well as understanding the coding decisons made by other programmers on a large development team.
"Java in a Nutshell" is just that. It is not a complete Java reference by itself and is not intended to replace a shelf of other Java books. It is more of an entry point: great for new Java programmers; very handy and manageable for experienced Java programmers.
The changes in the 3rd edition are substantial enough to warrant an upgrade from earlier editions of the book.
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Title: Java Examples in a Nutshell: A Tutorial Companion to Java in a Nutshell (Nutshell Handbook) by David Flanagan ISBN: 0596000391 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Java Foundation Classes in A Nutshell by David Flanagan ISBN: 1565924886 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Thinking in Java (3rd Edition) by Bruce Eckel ISBN: 0131002872 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 06 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Java Cookbook by Ian F. Darwin ISBN: 0596001703 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: Java Enterprise in a Nutshell (2nd Edition) by David Flanagan, Jim Farley, William Crawford ISBN: 0596001525 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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