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| Book: | Java 5.0 Tiger: A Developer's Notebook | |
| Subject: | excellent 1.5 book | |
| Date: | 2004-08-28 14:10:43 | |
| From: | Jeanne | |
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Rating:
“Java 1.5 Tiger – A Developer’s Notebook” has all the information and quality we have come to expect from O’Reilly. However, the developer’s notebook series has a very different style than the animal books. The book was a true page-turner and I read all 171 pages in two days. This book really looks like a notebook complete with notes in the margins, graph paper and coffee cup stains! There is also plenty of room in the margins for the reader to add notes. This book is informative, useful and looks really cool! A guru narrates the book. He tells you about Java 1.5 and answers your questions. Each chapter discusses several labs in a task/how to I do that?/what about ... format. It is like the author walks you through doing the labs. It really does read like a conversation. As the authors put it – “All lab, no lecture.” The code examples begin on page two and are prevalent throughout the book. The authors give warnings about common pitfalls and tasks that you cannot do – just like you would expect a guru to do. The authors also give opinions and recommendations. The book assumes a working knowledge of java 1.4 (or earlier.) This is especially important in the conncurrency section. There is excellent cross-referencing so the chapters and tasks can be read in almost any order. I would not give a 5 unless a book was amazing. This one earned it! |
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