Java Books -- I

Java in a Nutshell, by David Flanagan, is the language reference book in the familiar O'Reilly series. The 2nd edition of this book omits many examples from the first edition to make room for large section on JDK 1.1 - currently best book reference. Also Java Examples in a Nutshell.

Java, How to Program, by Deitel and Deitel, Prentice-Hall, starts with beginning programming concepts and progresses rapidly through Java language. It has the most programming exercises and also has companion teaching multimedia books. The third edition has Swing Set and also the advanced API’s.

Java in a Nutshell, by David Flanagan, is the language reference book in the familiar O'Reilly series. The 2nd edition of this book omits many examples from the first edition to make room for large section on JDK 1.1 - currently best book reference. Also Java Examples in a Nutshell.