Head First Java

Can i use it with netbeans?

Livre trés intéressant qui revient sur les bases du langage Java. Il correspond à tous les profils débutants ou experts. Je le conseille vivement.

Primero que hay que decir que es un libro que explica Java de forma muy clara y concisa, evitando todo momento las lecciones clásicas. Segundo, es que está escrito en un inglés bastante básico y asequible, no hay que tener un gran nivel para poder seguirlo. Tercero, aunque no está adaptado a la última versión de Java, para empezar desde cero es muy buen libro. Resumiendo, es un libro que hay que tener si uno quiere empezar a programar en Java, ya que con algo de esfuerzo se avanza con facilidad, adquiriendo los conocimientos. Después de acabar el libro, habría que comprar o buscar documentación para ver que novedades trae respecto a la versión java 5 ( ya vamos por la versión 8).

When you first glance through this book you will notice all of the retro pictures and half jokes. I've never read a Dummys/Idiots book on programming, but I can imagine them having the same look and feel. But then when you dig into the actual content... This book, to me, felt like a good class on Java programming from a great professor who has real world experience - the tone is conversational and the topics selected that make the most real world sense. There are a few large "class projects" that have a very real world feel to them (a networked beatbox anyone?). Important points are pounded home. It is the class but without the text book... The topics covered also seemed to have a "real person" feel as opposed to a textbook feel. I read another popular Java book just before this one. It threw 2 chapters on GUI basics as almost an afterthought, there was no networking, nothing about inner classes, nothing about making distribution packages, etc. In that book the basic ideas were gone over in great depth, greater than here, but these more practical topics were skipped or had the briefest mentioned. With this book you start using Swing just a little more than half way through the book. All the topics in the last paragraph (plus many others) were covered in a practical method. This book, however, isn't perfect. As mentioned above, this book is like a good class on Java programming without the textbook. Sometimes the textbook is needed. When I was in school I always read the textbook no matter how good the prof - it was needed to get the full benefit of the info. I also like having good reference books that I can leaf through when I have an issue. This book is a mediocre, at best, reference book and admits it. It also often gets too cute. OK, sometimes that is needed, but it can get a little... As another reviewer mentioned, this books often seems to be aimed at collage age kids, not professional programmers. Not necessarily a bad thing - I've been out of my 20s longer than I care to admit and I never felt I was too old to be reading it. I would recommend this book if you are just starting off in Java or are rusty and want to pick it back up. I would also recommend getting a more conventional book as foil and as a reference.

This is an excellent book for a complete beginner to programming....and really wants to learn java.......The book is full of interesting images that keep you engaged in reading and I never felt bored while reading this book(The problem which I felt with some other books like "for the dummies series",which doesn't have a lot of pictures). Everything is written to the point and explanied completely with Q/Ans format so that the concepts can be clear and the person understands everything. Problems start when the book is read by a person who has some programming experience in C,C++ and python as there is a lot of spoonfeeding in the book and overly elaborated for a experienced person. But I still give it a full 5 out of 5 as it is clearly written as this is not a reference book but is a learning book for a complete beginner.....So it proves it by its content.I recommend it to anyone who wants to be good java programmer and it is a pretty good starting book for anybody.

My experience with this book has been extremely positive. Even though I bought this book because it was the recommended text for the class I'm taking, I can see this being useful for anyone. It is extremely easy to understand even for people without any previous programming knowledge. It uses pictures, cartoons and excises to teach. The pacing is great (i.e. it doesn't get really difficult really fast like some books) and I recommend it to anyone looking to learn java. This 50$ book is better at teaching you java than a 750$ university course. Shipping was fast, I got it in 2 or so days with super saver shipping.