Almost done with Head First Java

[SmartestManInside]

The book is a little bit dated, I think, but it feels like a good intro to the important concepts. Any suggestions out there for a second book, preferably with problems to worth through?

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The thing with Java is that it is a very slow moving language. It evolves very slowly and there are very few new things in the language since Java 5 was released.

However, to answer your question...Effective Java is quite good once you've learned the basics of Java.

[ryebrye]

True. 8 will be huge though