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Title: The Waite Group's Java 1.2 How-To by Stephen Potts, Steve Potts ISBN: 157169157X Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: December, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99

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Average Customer Rating: 4.6

Rating: 5
Summary: Very good to start you off.
Comment: I used to be a C/C++ guy :) who wanted to learn Java. I know about algorithms, OOP, structures, blah-blah-blah. I don't need to be told what += does, and what an if-statement is. I just wanted to learn a new language, and this book does a great job in running (not walking) you through some simple applications and applets. It assumes you can get and install the JDK yourself. If you're a programmer who wants to start learning Java, this book works great. Unfortunately, since it makes Java learning so easy, you'll quickly out-grow it. I now need a more thorough book, 'cos now I wanna re-write everything at work in Java! :)

Rating: 3
Summary: Could do better
Comment: This is not a bad book, and perhaps lives up to its "How-To" title for a number of beginners questions. However, little depth is given beyond simple "do this, do that" answers in the form of fairly long examples.

Much more useful would be short, to-the-point discussions about the problem, the important issues to think about when facing such a problem, and a clear, concise example.

The inclusion of nearly 200 pages of a one sentence description of the JDK 1.2 API is fairly pointless. Coupled with illegible text screen dumps of grey text on a black background in a figure of about 1.5in by 4in, I have to recommend buying a different book.

Rating: 5
Summary: Try it
Comment: Not just a simple how-to book that presents only one or two lines of syntax. You will learn how to manipulate your java programming skills to put together a working program. Here is just an example of the how-to question from the book: Problem: I'd like to draw lines to the screen and be able to plot a mathematical function like the sine curve. I also want to plot both x and y axes....How do I draw these lines? The author then presents the solution to the problem in a simple but fully working program.