I bought this book through desperation to complete my coursework whilst at University. My teacher was renowned for his inability to teach novices and the majority of the class were severely struggling. Before I go on to review this book, I feel I should state that I came 3rd in the whole year ... Read review
Advantages: Really did teach me in 21 days. Excellent layout and a good "straight down the middle" attitude throughout Disadvantages: may not help people who have no programming experience
I bought this book through desperation to complete my coursework whilst at University. My teacher was renowned for his inability to teach novices and the majority of the class were severely struggling. Before I go on to review this book, I feel I should state that I came 3rd in the whole year for my final submission which is proof in itself that this book is VERY effective teaching material. This book did more for me in just under 21 days than 1 ... .../>
This book is structured in a way that each chapter is 1 day (around 2 - 3 hours) of study time.
Depending on your ability you may find that it could take you slightly longer or slightly less time to complete a days study.
Another positive aspect of this book is that each of the chapters (or days) are quite evenly weighted, so you can budget your time effectively by measuring the time taken to complete the ... more
I bought this book through desperation to complete my coursework whilst at University. My teacher was renowned for his inability to teach novices and the majority of the class were severely struggling. Before I go on to review this book, I feel I should state that I came 3rd in the whole year for my final submission which is proof in itself that this book is VERY effective teaching material. This book did more for me in just under 21 days than 1 year (60 Hrs) of lectures did for me at university!!
This book is structured in a way that each chapter is 1 day (around 2 - 3 hours) of study time.
Depending on your ability you may find that it could take you slightly longer or slightly less time to complete a days study.
Another positive aspect of this book is that each of the chapters (or days) are quite evenly weighted, so you can budget your time effectively by measuring the time taken to complete the first two days!
It must be stated however, that this book is aimed at people with experience of at least one programming language, who are quite computer literate. Also the book starts right from the very basic foundations of Object orientated programming and ends leaving you with a basic knowledge of each area of Java development.
This book provided me with a firm foundation on which I have built my (now very strong) practical knowledge of the Java2 Development Kit
Gary_Jones 14.12.2000 (13.12.2000)
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Review of Sams Teach yourself JAVA 2 in 21 days by Laura Lemay
Advantages: Good examples, Clear Layout Disadvantages: No coverage of program design
I teach Java to sixth formers and every year I get al least one who goes against what I say and end up buying this book. On the surface I guess it looks attractive, 24 hours to learn a new programming language? Sounds great. Having read through the book it doesn't do a bad job of teaching the very basics, data types, functions, procedures, assignement, iteration, selection all covered. There is example code for people to try and the book extends ... ...is that it skims over so much. At no point are people taught about sound programming concepts or the thought processes behind how you go about designing and creating a program. Thge book also splits things down into "hours" to give you an idea of how far along you are. I decided to give it a try and read through the whole thing completing all the suggested exercises. It took me over 30 hours and I have been programming for years so hopefully avoided ...
thejazzyj 17.07.2009
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