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“Thinking in Java should be read cover to cover by every Java programmer, then kept close at hand for frequent reference. The exercises are challenging, and the chapter on Collections is superb! Not only did this book help me to pass the Sun Certified Java Programmer exam; it’s also the first book I turn to whenever I have a Java question.”
—Jim Pleger, Loudoun County (Virginia) Government “Much better than any other Java book I’ve seen. Make that ‘by an order of magnitude’.... Very complete, with excellent right-to-the-point examples and intelligent, not dumbed-down, explanations.... In contrast to many other Java books I found it to be unusually mature, consistent, intellectually honest, well-written, and precise. IMHO, an ideal book for studying Java.”
—Anatoly Vorobey, Technion University, Haifa, Israel “Absolutely one of the best programming tutorials I’ve seen for any language.”
—Joakim Ziegler, FIX sysop “Thank you again for your awesome book. I was really floundering (being a non-C programmer), but your book has brought me up to speed as fast as I could read it. It’s really cool to be able to understand the underlying principles and concepts from the start, rather than having to try to build that conceptual model through trial and error. Hopefully I will be able to attend your seminar in the not-too-distant future.”
—Randall R. Hawley, automation technician, Eli Lilly & Co. “This is one of the best books I’ve read about a programming language.... The best book ever written on Java.”
—Ravindra Pai, Oracle Corporation, SUNOS product line “Bruce, your book is wonderful! Your explanations are clear and direct. Through your fantastic book I have gained a tremendous amount of Java knowledge. The exercises are also fantastic and do an excellent job reinforcing the ideas explained throughout the chapters. I look forward to reading more books written by you. Thank you for the tremendous service that you are providing by writing such great books. My code will be much better after reading Thinking in Java. I thank you and I’m sure any programmers who will have to maintain my code are also grateful to you.”
—Yvonne Watkins, Java artisan, Discover Technologies, Inc. “Other books cover the what of Java (describing the syntax and the libraries) or the how of Java (practical programming examples). Thinking in Java is the only book I know that explains the why of Java: Why it was designed the way it was, why it works the way it does, why it sometimes doesn’t work, why it’s better than C++, why it’s not. Although it also does a good job of teaching the what and how of the language, Thinking in Java is definitely the thinking person’s choice in a Java book.”
—Robert S. StephensonAwards for Thinking in Java 2003 Software Development Magazine Jolt Award for Best Book
2003 Java Developer’s Journal Reader’s Choice Award for Best Book
2001 JavaWorld Editor’s Choice Award for Best Book
2000 JavaWorld Reader’s Choice Award for Best Book
1999 Software Development Magazine Productivity Award
1998 Java Developer’s Journal Editor’s Choice Award for Best Book

Thinking in Java has earned raves from programmers worldwide for its extraordinary clarity, careful organization, and small, direct programming examples. From the fundamentals of Java syntax to its most advanced features, Thinking in Java is designed to teach, one simple step at a time.

• The classic object-oriented introduction for beginners and experts alike, fully updated for Java SE5/6 with many new examples and chapters!
• Test framework shows program output.
• Design patterns are shown with multiple examples throughout: Adapter, Bridge, Chain of Responsibility, Command, Decorator, Facade, Factory Method, Flyweight, Iterator, Data Transfer Object, Null Object, Proxy, Singleton, State, Strategy, Template Method, and Visitor.
• Introduction to XML for data transfer; SWT, Flash for user interfaces.
• Completely rewritten concurrency chapter gives you a solid grasp of threading fundamentals.
• 500+ working Java programs in 700+ compiling files, rewritten for this edition and Java SE5/6.
• Companion web site includes all source code, annotated solution guide, weblog, and multimedia seminars.
• Thorough coverage of fundamentals; demonstrates advanced topics.
• Explains sound object-oriented principles.
• Hands-On Java Seminar CD available online, with full multimedia seminar by Bruce Eckel.
• Live seminars, consulting, and reviews available. See www.MindView.net

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• Paperback: 1150 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 4 edition (February 20, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131872486
• ISBN-13: 978-0131872486
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

[Note: this review refers to the 3rd edition. I haven't had access to the 4th edition to see what has changed.]

The summary says it all. This 1,000+ page monster probably has the best coverage of all the Java books purporting to be considered as introductory texts. In terms of completeness, it is better than the Sierra/Bates and Deitel books. However, these two books are much more approachable, with better layout and presentation, whereas working through this book is sheer drudgery.

The book uses extensive use of long examples to demonstrate the various language concepts and features. This approach IMO is very long-winded, and bumps up the size of the book to its present doorstop size. The coverage of inner and anonymous classes gets bogged down with the excessive use of example listings, while the treatment of the Java I/O System runs to 110 pages, and Collections to 120 pages, more than double that used by Deitel! A better approach IMO, as successfully used by Lippman in his popular C++ Primer, would have been to use small code fragments to demonstrate each point, and then present a more complete, compilable example at the end of each section or chapter. With free time a precious commodity, I want to learn new topics as quickly as possible, and learn the more esoteric details from more specialised sources later.

The presentation of the book could also be improved. As has already been mentioned by other reviewers, there is a dearth of diagrams to break up the monotony of the presentation. For example, Eckel makes occasional reference to design patterns in the text. Why not add UML diagrams to emphasise the point? Also, the coverage of the Java I/O Syetem, with its large collection of interrelated classes, simply cries out for a class diagram.

Although this book purports to be written for anyone with even a little bit of prior programming experience, I am finding it very difficult to follow. This, even though I have been dabbling in programming since 1976 and I have gotten 'A's in several programming classes.

The author makes three major mistakes all throughout the book:

First, he uses compressed code formating that makes it difficult to see where one part of the code ends and another starts. I know it is common for advanced programmers and authors trying to save paper to use this format, but it should not be used in a book for beginning Java programmers. I spend more time just trying to sort out which curly bracket matches to which curly bracket than anything else in trying to read his code.

Second, he continuously uses advanced techniques and Java features in sample code meant to illustrate beginning concepts. This leaves the reader confused about what the code is doing at all and forces them to simply take on faith that what the author says about the code is true. For instance, in the section titled "Your first Java Program" (page 78) the author instantiates an anonymous object and passes it to a method. There was no reason to include this line of code. But the author stuck it in there and then waved his hands at it saying merely, "The argument is a Date object that is being created just to send its va1ue (which is automatically converted to a String) to println(). As soon as this statement is finished, that Date is unnecessary, and the garbage collector can come along and get it anytime. We don't need to worry about cleaning it up." In those few sentences the author has made reference to several more advanced features without even explaining them.

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