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You have a choice: you can wade your way through lengthy Java tutorials and figure things out by trial and error, or you can pick up Java Cookbook, 2nd Edition and get to the heart of what you need to know when you need to know it.
With the completely revised and thoroughly updated Java Cookbook, 2nd Edition, Java developers like you will learn by example, try out new fea
Paperback, Second Edition, 829 pages
Published
June 24th 2004
by O'Reilly Media
(first published January 15th 2001)
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What you want from a programming language cookbook is instruction on the basic tasks that are needed to form the scaffolding that you build around your application. Language teaching and references can teach you syntax and good practices. Topical books can demonstrate how to tasks in the large. But the cookbook is for the small but necessary tasks. And for me, who does not spend much time in the JavaVM ecosystem, the Java Cookbook is a very welcome addition to my bookshelf.
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Ian Darwin's Java Cookbook is out and it's a great resource for developers working in Java that are out there and scratching their heads asking "How would I go about...?"
The thing that makes Java Cookbook stand out is its comprehensive scope. Darwin has done an excellent job of gathering a wide array of common problems faced by Java developers and presenting solutions to those problems that are decipherable using just the language's standard library features. (Which isn't to say "ignore librarie ...more
The thing that makes Java Cookbook stand out is its comprehensive scope. Darwin has done an excellent job of gathering a wide array of common problems faced by Java developers and presenting solutions to those problems that are decipherable using just the language's standard library features. (Which isn't to say "ignore librarie ...more
I read this as a cookbook which seemed weird but I did learn a fair amount. I found some of the examples in the e-book to be more appropriate for texts offline examples and wonder what the point was of including them was. I'm looking forward to reading the advanced cookbook.
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