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Title: Java Threads, Second Edition by Scott Oaks, Henry Wong ISBN: 1-56592-418-5 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3.07 (29 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Best Book on Java Threads
Comment: It not only covers the threads API, it also covers how they work and advanced tricks to using them.

The problem which most of the threading material related to Java I've read in other books has contained errors. "Java Threads" as well as Doug Lea's "Concurrent Programming in Java" are the only accurate books that I know of although their focus is very different. Another good thing about this book is that it has much otherwise hard to find information about how threads actually work in Java.

I highly recommend this book to anytone working with Java threads. I'm sure you will find information in here that you previously didn't know.

Rating: 4
Summary: A good guide for getting started
Comment: I have both Doug Lea's "Concurrent Programming in Java" and Oaks and Wong's "Java Threads". Doug Lea's book is by far the most comprehensive. The book focuses strongly on applied uses of locking mechanisms and covers a great deal of the theoretical basis of monitor-based locking schemes. The book is not easy reading though -- it is extremely dense. It has applicability outside of the Java programming environment and I recommend it to you if you are interested in the theoretical side of concurrent programming. Oaks and Wong's book is far less academic. It is an extremely easy read. Notwithstanding the fact that it is 250 pages, it can easily be read (and understood) in an afternoon. Their approach is much more practical and focuses on Java's support for concurrent programming. If you need to dive into multi-thread programming in Java then I heartily recommend this book to you as it will get you started quicker than Doug Lea's book. If your interest is in concurrent programming in general or if you are using a different language, then Doug Lea's is probably the more suitable.

Rating: 1
Summary: This book blows!
Comment: I started reading it for the second time, and it stinks! I'm just gonna put it down and spend some more money. It was a twisted learning experience, not worth a cent.

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