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Title: Exploring Java, 2nd Edition (O'Reilly Java) by Patrick Niemeyer, Joshua Peck ISBN: 1-56592-271-9 Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.09 (23 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: excellent tutorial, not a reference
Comment: Great book, clearly written, lives up to the O'Reilly name. This is no "Dummies" book. Includes some discussion of the state of java and security, etc. I read the first edition, and the only thing it's missing is a CD... For a top-notch and complete Java reference, check out The Java Application Interface, Vols 1 and 2, by Gosling, et al. (Addison Wesley)

Rating: 3
Summary: A little out of date, but not bad.
Comment: One problems with documenting any computer language or system today is that things evolve so quickly it's almost impossible to keep a book current without yearly revisions. Java is certainly a prime example; many of the books out (including this one) still concentrate on applets, and that's not the direction where Java is going. Applets have all but disappeared in favor of servlets, as many have realized the truth of the characterization of Java as the "write once, debug everywhere" language.

Another problem with many Java books is a lack of graded examples that introduce features of the language in a logical manner. Many start with a few small programs and a "don't worry about this feature, we'll explain it later" attitude, and then give you 200 pages of language details with no examples. Others develop one huge application and use that as the basis of the text. Fine, perhaps, if you're developing a similar application, but otherwise only confusing.

This text does suffer a bit from a paucity of examples. It's not a bad book, especially at the reduced price, and it's a decent introduction to Java. But there are better ones for not much more.

My current favorite in a purely introductory text is Herbert Schildt's "Java 2: A Beginner's guide". Plenty of examples to illustrate every feature as it's introduced, and a logical progression to the text that's based on learning the language, not a particular application.

Rating: 5
Summary: Truly excellent Java reference
Comment: Honestly, I didn't read this book from A to Z yet, but I open it first whenever I need to recall something basic in Java ( How does == differ from equal() ? What is "shadowing variables" ? How should I work with all those I/O streams ?.. ) and it *always* helped me. I think, this book is an excellent reference for standard ( not advanced ) Java topics and once you have it - you always equipped with an expert to answer your newbie questions. And, believe me, this is *a lot* till we become Java experts. So, if studying Perl means "Learning Perl" by O'Reilly, then no doubt - studying Java means "Exploring Java" for me.