Sams Teach Yourself Java in 24 Hours (Covering Java 7 and Android) (6th Edition) (Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Ho
Sams Teach Yourself Java in 24 Hours (Covering Java 7 and Android) (6th Edition) (Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours)
Sams Teach Yourself Java™ in 24 Hours, Sixth Edition Rogers Cadenhead Covers Java 7 and Android In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you can learn how to create Java applications with the free NetBeans visual editing tools. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, popular author Rogers Cadenhead helps you master the skills and technology you need to create desktop and web programs, web services, and even an Android app in Java. Each lesson builds on what yo
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G. Harris
16 Oct, 2011
Fantastic Beginners Book,
I favor this over the ‘Java for Dummies’ book as it is much more recent, published Nov. 2009. Plus it includes Java 6. Very entertaining to read. Lessons are taught using the NetBeans IDE, which is supported on the Mac — the ‘Dummies’ book uses JCreator which is Windows only. Definitely recommended for the absolute novice with little to zero programming experience.
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|Michael Reeves
16 Oct, 2011
Introductory JAVA – Self-Help Study,
Sam’s Teach Yourself JAVA in 24 Hours, 5th Edition, by Rogers Cadenhead, is a decent introductory text for those wanting to get a basic hands-on exposure to the JAVA programming language. You will cover most of the major topics that are needed in any programming environment. However, don’t expect to be a JAVA programmer when you finish working through the book. This is a quick-and-dirty book that spoon-feeds you through each chapter and various programming projects.
The initial tutorial will assist you in finding, downloading, and installing the JAVA Developer’s (Programming) Kit (JDK). Netbeans is , also, found on the site. Netbeans is the Integrated Developer’s Environment (IDE) used for creating, compiling , and running your programs. Other IDE’s are available should you choose to research and use another.
Some of the nice features of the text are its short explanations of coding protocols. This is, also, a short-coming. You won’t find any in-depth explanations to the syntax or keywords used for coding.
I, personally, had some problems with getting all the programs listed as exercises to run. Many were typos I introduced and later corrected, but others were Errata. I cannot speak for the author as to the source of these errors. They could have been introduced by the publisher when typesetting, or had worked under a different version of the JAVA JDK and Netbeans.
However, as of today, August 20, 2010, there is still no Errata page for the text. And one is definitely needed.
Lastly, a final warning, do not get creative with separating chapters and projects. This will possibly introduce glitches with the projects being unable to find other class’es that are required for inheritance issues.
Having had some previous major programming experience, I wanted to get some exposure to the JAVA language and nuances. As a text used to get familiar with both the JAVA JDK and Netbeans, I found this text a nice easy introduction before I started into serious in-depth study of the JAVA language.
I previewed several JAVA texts of this type before selecting. It is better than many others in its class, IMHO.
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|I. Snyder
16 Oct, 2011
Bought this book as a College reference,
I bought this book, simply not knowing whether or not I would like it, and because I wanted to get a basic understanding of Java before my next college term. I have two terms of Java classes coming up for my Computer Science major. I really enjoyed how simple this book was to understand. If you spend the time to review and think about each hours lesson, you will definately come away with a basic understanding on how Java works. It’s definately written in a very easy to understand for the beginner who may not know even the basic terms in Java programming. I highly reccomend this book for any beginner wishing to understand how to write in Java.
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