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Beginning Java 7
by
Jeff Friesen
Beginning Java 7 guides you through version 7 of the Java language and a wide assortment of platform APIs. New Java 7 language features that are discussed include switch-on-string and try-with-resources. APIs that are discussed include Threading, the Collections Framework, the Concurrency Utilities, Swing, Java 2D, networking, JDBC, SAX, DOM, StAX, XPath, JAX-WS, and SAA
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Paperback, 920 pages
Published
November 16th 2011
by Apress
(first published January 1st 2011)
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This is probably about as good of a "beginning"-level Java book as any other out there. It's a little bit of a language reference, a little bit of a guided tour, and a little bit of discussion. A little bit dry, but it suits the book's aims. I don't really recommend reading it front-to-back, but if you're new to Java then it's worth at least reading the first 250-ish pages, and then cherry-picking the rest of what you need. (It didn't blow me away, but I'm glad I read it, and it gave me some of
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