Absolute Java (5th Edition)

Absolute Java (5th Edition)

Authors	Year	Pages	Publisher	Dimensions, inch.	File type	Size, Mb	First 20 pages
Walter Savitch Kenrick Mock	2012	1306	Addison-Wesley; 5 edition	3.50x4,32	PDF	7	First 20 pages

Walter Savitch
Praised for providing an engaging balance of thoughtful examples and explanatory discussion,¿best-selling author Walter Savitch explains concepts and techniques in a straightforward style using understandable language and code enhanced by a suite of pedagogical tools.¿ Absolute Java is appropriate for both introductory and intermediate programming courses introducing Java.

About the Author
Walter Savitch is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the University of California at San Diego. He received his PhD in mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1969. Since that time he has been on the faculty of the University of California in San Diego (UCSD). He served as director of the UCSD Interdisciplinary PhD program in Cognitive Science for over ten years. He has served as a visiting researcher at the Computer Science departments of the University of Washington in Seattle and and at the University of Colorado in Boulder, and has been a visiting scholar at the Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica in Amsterdam.

Detailed explanation: ID 10001

I am really satisfied with this book February 13, 2013
By Joohwan Roh
Format:Paperback
I am really satisfied with this book.
It deals with all the important concepts of java and delivers them in the easiest way.


This book is more than enough December 19, 2012
By Joseph
Format:Paperback
I'm a computer science student who use to program in C# (sorry for my little English).

I'm interested in learning Java because (1) It's a widely used language in many fields and (2) I like Linux, which have a better support for Java than for C# Mono, although I love C#.

I'm ashamed to confess that I've attempt unsuccessfuly to learn Java in the past using other books, but I think Absolute Java is the best Java book I found by far until today. It is perfectly structured and organized in a nice and comfortable way. It is very well written.

Absolute Java is ideal for anyone who want to migrate to Java, but it is also useful for anyone who want to learn Java, even for advance programmers, because it is very modular: each chapter includes the prerequisites. It is full of code examples, tips, summaries and excercises. I think this book is good for courses.

It is huge, but most of it can be used as reference. It was not written to be read as a whole, although you can.

Meanwhile, I still learning Java using this book and maybe I'll learn Scala, which I think is a very promising programming language.


Shipped fast and it was cheaper than at school. November 23, 2012
By Marius
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
PRO: The seller shipped this fast and the key was not scratched. Cheaper than at school. Looks nice on the shelf though...

CONS: Although it does contain basic information, it has not helped me once in my entire class and my teacher said this book is mandatory in order to be successful in the class. If your teacher doesn't require you to buy one then I'd stay away from this book and use Youtube videos to study the concepts taught in class. You can get the exact same content this book offers there, and for free from multiple people and in different ways.

OTHER: I kind of regret my purchase now since I have never used it once in my entire class and most likely my teacher will ask for another book next semester. I'll have to ask for sure how we are actually going to use the book. I paid $95 to carry this with me to school and never used it and that's just a waste of money.

Detailed explanation: ID 10001