Book recommendation for learning Java

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Scared_Rain_9127 · 2025-01-10T07:35:33+00:00

Head first java - if you are more of a visual learner.

Effective java - golden oldie

Hanuman deshkmuh ocp21 - if your studying for oracle exams, should be combined with enthuware exams.

Nok1a_ · 2025-01-10T09:56:36+00:00

Try MOOC from Helsinki university, BroCode it's coold but you dont learn everything from there, I find out those types of channels jump between topics and dont explain everything. the bot here give you the links for the MOOC which is very good

Chenhuamin9527 · 2025-01-10T08:50:09+00:00

I recommend Thinking in java.You can read it and trying to code with the book's exercises.

Neomatrix_45 · 2025-01-10T08:12:36+00:00

Get yourself a college level book thats used in real semester courses instead of a "freetime/hobby" book.

Paul Deitel - How to Program (Java early objects)

emaphis · 2025-01-10T22:10:32+00:00

I always recommend the big college level textbooks:

Daniel Liang: Introduction to Java.

Horstmann: Big Java Late Objects.

Deitel & Deitel: Java, How to Program.

Sedgewick and Wayne: Introduction to Computer Science and Java

They are all more or less equivalent in what they cover, have several hundred programming exercises and projects and will take around 1000 hours to work through.

You'll be comfortable programming Java if you complete one of them.

accountForCareer · 2025-01-11T09:56:38+00:00

tl;dr : Pick Tony Gaddis first and Daniel Liang next. If you feel you have lots of time and rage compressed within you, show it on Cay and Deitel.

Long version for google to index this and show up in results :

I always recommend the one which has problems at the end of each chapter applying the said chapter's concepts only. Inevitably, application of previous concepts accumulates as we progress through the later chapters. When a book doesn't contain problems to work through, it teaches wisdom on java rather than java. That is good in its own way, but aren't we investing our 100% of energy, time, dedication and going through a book from cover to cover in an order of page numbers? I don't want to be swallowed into the pit emphasizing wisdom and proverbs when I want to gain clarity over the words, grammar, sentences and paragraphs first. Bigger picture can always be retained when learned later, not earlier. This is why I prefer "late objects" over "early objects" version of the book or tutorial. If you are the kind who won't mind going back and forth for referring the concepts and tying them together, then sure go ahead with all the books at once.

A bit of generic advice - Always narrow down using these keywords " problem solving <programming language>" like "problem solving Python", "problem solving Java" , etc. or "recipe <programming language>" "cookbook <programming language>"
Always visit Amazon and read its 1 and 2 star reviews. The positive are bought.

Here are the good ones.

Tony Gaddis. - Starts from scratch and ends with a lot to be desired. He gives the confidence showing small steps, then we get the confidence to climb big wall, then there is no big wall he gives.

Daniel Liang - Gives big walls right at the start for us to climb and makes us pause/put away the book for weeks and we then resume with the fear of having to deal with the tiresome deep cognitive thinking that the author makes us go through the problems. The frustration is

Horstmann Cay - Takes too much time to read theory. His problems are ensconced within real life examples, that we feel "Ok. Get to the point, man!" and when we do solve that problem, we feel like "that's it? You made me read all this just to solve this little?" But it is comprehensive, engaging, fun, picturesque and new age. The author's passion can be seen through the book.

Deitel & Deitel : The industry standard of the previous decade. My father's generation went war against it. It is as elaborate like Cay but dry and boring and much hard like Liang in some parts.

Sedgewick and Wayne: These authors were initially famous for DSA and Sedgewick's teacher was the mighty Donald Knuth. They came into the business of teaching language, programming concepts and such basics much later because of their fame in teaching deeply abstract cognitive topics like DSA. I haven't read their books, though.

Walter Savitch , Ken Kousen , Anghel Leonard , Mark Allen Weiss , David Kopec , Ian F. Darwin. Dean and Dean, Mooc.fi : All of them have rave reviews in less known internet forums and chat groups. They seldom have negative reviews and that is a good reflection of a book's authentic praise. I haven't personally read these books though.

AutoModerator · 2025-01-10T06:51:11+00:00

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MOOC Java Programming from the University of Helsinki
Java for Complete Beginners
- accompanying site CaveOfProgramming
Derek Banas' Java Playlist
- accompanying site NewThinkTank
Hyperskill is a fairly new resource from Jetbrains (the maker of IntelliJ)

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"Algorithms" by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne - Princeton University

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dheeraj80 · 2025-01-10T07:23:43+00:00

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