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Fully updated for Java Platform, Standard Edition 8 (Java SE 8), Java: A Beginner's Guide, Sixth Edition gets you started programming in Java right away. Bestselling programming author Herb Schildt begins with the basics, such as how to create, compile, and run a Java program. He then moves on to the keywords, syntax, and constructs that form the core of the Java language. This Oracle Press resource also covers some of Java's more advanced features, including multithreaded programming, generics, and Swing. Of course, new Java SE 8 features such as lambda expressions and default interface methods are described. An introduction to JavaFX, Java's newest GUI, concludes this step-by-step tutorial.

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Herbert Schildt is the world’s leading programming author and a renowned authority on Java, C++, and C#. His books have sold millions of copies worldwide. Herb’s acclaimed books include Java: The Complete Reference, Java: A Beginner's Guide, C++: The Complete Reference and C#: The Complete Reference.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 15, 2014
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 6th
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 699 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0071809252
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0071809252
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.6 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.25 x 1.25 x 9 inches
  • Part of series ‏ : ‎ PROGRAMMING & WEB DEV - OMG
  • Best Sellers Rank: #3,315,589 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Called "one of the world's foremost authors of books about programming" by International Developer magazine, best-selling author Herbert Schildt has written about programming for over three decades. His books have sold millions of copies worldwide and have been widely translated. Featured as one of the rock star programmers in Ed Burns' book "Secrets of the Rock Star Programmers", Schildt is interested in all facets of computing, but his primary focus is computer languages. He is the author of numerous books on Java, C, C++, and C#. Schildt holds BA and MCS degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign.

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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Customers find the book excellent at explaining Java concepts with clear examples and step-by-step instructions. They appreciate its usefulness as a reference, with one customer noting it provides useful tables for key concepts. The writing is thorough and effective, with one customer mentioning the exercises at the end of each chapter, while another notes how it helps build a foundation for writing efficient code. The language coverage is good, with one review highlighting the well-defined technical terms. The download capability receives mixed feedback, with one customer reporting that the source code available online doesn't match the book content.
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58 customers mention explanation quality, 55 positive, 3 negative
Customers praise the book's clear explanations and comprehensive coverage, noting that the examples are easy to follow and provide a good foundation for building Java skills.
Very thorough book compared to the others I bought.Read more
...He explains things well although I would have liked more hands-on exercises that had real-world goals and examples....Read more
This book does a great job of explaining concepts in a very simple but precise way....Read more
...-PRO- The explanations are very detailed and easy to understand....Read more
43 customers mention ease of understanding, 32 positive, 11 negative
Customers find the book easy to understand and reader-friendly, appreciating its step-by-step approach.
Very well written book and easy to understand. I'm using it to refresh my dev skills, and I find that the authors have organized the book well....Read more
...The book does have some positives, of course. It is concise and clear. It does have quite a few examples. The layout is logical. It is thorough....Read more
not an easy book to read.Read more
Really good book, easy to follow and examples are explained in an easy way.. still have 200 pages left tho so i gonna go back to reading nowRead more
21 customers mention information quality, 21 positive, 0 negative
Customers find the book incredibly useful and helpful, with one customer noting it provides useful reference tables for key concepts.
It's an excellent resource that puts everything in clear and easily understood terms....Read more
very good reference bookRead more
informative bookRead more
Useful book.Read more
21 customers mention writing quality, 21 positive, 0 negative
Customers appreciate the writing quality of the book, particularly its thorough and step-by-step approach to teaching Java programming, with one customer noting it provides a better foundation for writing efficient code.
Easy to understand. Very informative and well written.Read more
...The writing is very technical and VERY well written. There are the occasional typos, but it is expected in every book....Read more
Very well written book and easy to understand. I'm using it to refresh my dev skills, and I find that the authors have organized the book well....Read more
...For the most part it is extremely well written, but still contains some grammatical errors....Read more
12 customers mention effectiveness, 10 positive, 2 negative
Customers find the book effective for learning Java, with one mentioning the helpful exercises at the end of each chapter.
...Sci lecture notes to learn Java. This book really helps fill in the blanks if you have a shoddy professor.Read more
...Almost everything has a short, complete, working sample, and the all but a few advanced keywords are explained in detail....Read more
saved my life while taking Data Structure Programming in JavaRead more
...Finally one that works! Clear and great questions and exercises at end of each chapter.Read more
8 customers mention language, 8 positive, 0 negative
Customers appreciate the book's language, with one customer noting that it covers all the basics of the Java programming language, while another mentions that technical terms are well defined.
Good beginning book, complicated language, good treatise on Java!!!Read more
A good book covering all of the basics (and more) of the java programming language....Read more
...This book teaches you the soft skills needed to go far and the vocabulary terns to not sound like a fool when your a beginner asking someone more...Read more
...I am so hooked on the book and the language that I have planned on taking the exams for the certs, in hopes to sharpen my skills and use it...Read more
6 customers mention material quality, 5 positive, 1 negative
Customers appreciate the material quality of the book, with one customer noting its clear presentation and another highlighting its comprehensive coverage of Java's object-oriented elements.
...Anyway, I liked the way the material was presented....Read more
...chapter, and about 20 minutes of skimming through the book, it has GREAT material....Read more
Terrific material presented very clearly. I am definitely learning Java. Thank you Professor SchildtRead more
...The object-oriented elements of Java, general OO concepts are explained exceptionally well....Read more
7 customers mention download capability, 4 positive, 3 negative
Customers have mixed experiences with the download capability of the book, with one customer noting that the source code available online does not match the book content.
...It makes use of easy to follow examples and the source code is available online making going through this book a much more enjoyable experience !Read more
...It just tells you to download JDK, and after doing so, you're left with no information on what to do next....Read more
...Good chapter progression Self-test Code examples available for download Examples build upon themselves Canonical and...Read more
great book, but the available sourcecode for download does not match book content...Read more
-PRO- The explanations are very detailed and easy to understand
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-PRO- The explanations are very detailed and easy to understand
Sophomore year of my high school, I took computer science class. My teacher's explanations were hard to understand for beginners and thats when I decided to buy this book and study myself. This book consists of 17 chapters that throughly explain all aspects of JAVA. -PRO- The explanations are very detailed and easy to understand. Sample codes in each chapters are fairly simple and easy to understand for beginners. Also, self tests at the end of every chapter are really helpful resources to make sure you understand the chapters. -CON- Even though this book is a beginner's guide, the explanations are very detailed and deep. I recommend this book for people who are really into java and willing to learn java really deep. If you are trying to know the basics of java, and study for AP test, I do not recommend this book.
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  • Rebecca
    5.0 out of 5 stars Adrift programmer finds calling in Java!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2015
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    A little background:
    Started programming as a child on my family's Mac IIGS. I enjoyed freaking my mom out when I would make the computer count forever via an infinate loop.
    I self taught myself to program on my TI 83 in middle school, html and adobe photoshop in highschool, css in college, Perl for bioinformatics perposes.
    Skip to now... realizing that somewhere along the line I forgot about my love to program so
    I self taught myself begginers C++ using TheNewBoston's Youtube tutorial videos.
    To sum it all up, I've a sporadic programming background... but nothing substantial in terms of profession/life goals..

    Until this book.

    This book teaches at the perfect speed, and provides examples in a logical "here is the newbie way that works... but here is a better way...and yet here is an even BETTER way!". So you learn in a very easy step by step way.

    Treat this book as you would any math book, and work out EVERY SINGLE example, as well as try to work out what the console output would look like in your head or on paper and check it against the System.out provided (in the text)
    And then, after a few chapters, go back and try to do the 'Try This' programs and retake the quizes to keep the info fresh, and see where your streths and weeknesses lie.

    Other notes:
    I use JavaFX (IntelliJ IDEA) because I plan to eventually make a GUI program.

    I believe having a beginners knowledge in c++ has made me understand Java on a deeper level than those without. And this background has enabled me to learn Java faster and more efficiently.
    If you have 2 weeks free, I suggest you look up TheNewBoston on youtube and watch his c++ videos at least up until #35 while you wait for this book to arrive, and you will have a better understanding when you start to read this book.

    I am also following along with a free "First Course in Java" that is availble online from Berkley College. It's excellent & I highly recomend it!

    Where I go from here:
    1. Finish the book & Berkley Course homework/quizes
    Study for OCA Java SE 7 Programmer I (Exam 1Z0-803) with:
    2. (Liguori, Finegan) Oca Java Se 7 Programmer I Study Guide
    3. (Sierra, Bates) OCA/OCP Java SE 7 Programmer I & II (Study vol 1 OCA of 2)
    4. Take Exam 1Z0-803 to be Certified OCAJP 7
    5.? Maybe...(Ganesh, Sharma) Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 7 Programmer Exams 1Z0-804 and 1Z0-805: A Comprehensive OCPJP 7 Certification Guide
    6. (Sierra, Bates) OCA/OCP Java SE 7 Programmer I & II (Study vol 2 OCP of 2)
    7. Take Exam 1Z0-804 to be Certified OCPJP 7

    Hope this helps someone in finding their way, and good luck!
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  • Becks
    5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect book to learn Java! Look no further.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2014
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    Great book for leaning Java. This book backs up concepts introduced with clear and logical examples. Then it takes those examples and expands on them with new concepts and makes the program more and more complicated over time. This approach really works well for learning. Some lazy learners may complain about its aggressiveness in the early chapters because some of the sample programs can hurt your brain if you're new to programming. For example there was a program that output "2 to the power of n is ____". This program consisted of a decrementing while loop nested within an incriminating for loop. The while loop acted as a counter for each iteration of each iteration. (no I didn't just typo, I meant to repeat myself) and to be honest, it took a while to sink in. I even had to resort to writing out the program on paper and marking exactly how each variable changed with each iteration of each loop. That was a tough one for chapter 2 but this made me think like a computer... or should I say, like a programmer. This book is excellent! Bottom line is this, you can't puree every concept into baby food for easy consumption but this book does it's best and handles the challenging material better than most. I don't think you could get an "easier" book that actually taught you everything.
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  • Boruch Tkatch
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great book for beginning java
    Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2015
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    Pros:
    Clear explanations
    Small examples of (nearly) everything
    Good chapter progression
    Self-test
    Code examples available for download
    Examples build upon themselves
    Canonical and practical ways of doing things explained
    How things changed explained
    Copiously commented code
    Code is made to run in a simple editor (like Notepad) and from the command line.

    Cons
    Samples code is presented as images, at times too tiny too read
    Downloaded code samples lump all samples together by chapter
    Graphics are touched upon, and explained at a blistering speed.

    Herb Schildt is an excellent author, who explains code well, in a few languages. He shows no bias, but uses c++ here for comparison at the beginning, and through touts java's advantages.

    This book is not for beginner's to programming, as programming concepts are not explained. Though, to someone who understands the concepts (or can figure them out easily, by example) this is a great book. Almost everything has a short, complete, working sample, and the all but a few advanced keywords are explained in detail. By the time you're done with the book, you;re likely to be able to code in java (albeit simple stuff) if you typed in all the samples. and worked through the self-tests.

    The code samples are a major part of the book. I took advantage of dual screen to review the e-book on one screen and type and rest in the other. This also brought a problem to the fore, and that is the code examples are embedded as images! As you may know, Kindle does not scale images with the text, so tiny is tiny. I'm using a 20" screen @1600x1900 and could not read a lot of the text without squinting or moving closer than usual. Using the web kindle helped in some cases but no much. The on screen magnifier can help a lot. Perhaps turning the screen itself would have helped, but that's lot of work! Ultimately, that's why i rated this as 4 stars instead of 5.

    Chapter 16, Swing has a slightly different style than the other chapters, most notably, the examples show results before the code samples. It's probably due to being added in a later edition of the book. It and Chapter 17, JavaFX are rushed, but it isn't really the main part of the book. As he points out, they really need a book of their own, but he touched upon them here. Nice.

    From the editing, i get the feeling this book was meant for print and simply ebook-ified with little effort. That's explain the code images, the odd placement of some of the "Ask the Experts" sections, and weird spacing here and there. This doesn't really affect the quality of the work, but a shoddy job from Oracle Press.

    I looked at 2 other book on Java. Head First Java, 2nd Edition and Learning Java. The former's sign to noise ration is too low and is way out of date. The latter does not have complete samples, has an odd ordering of chapters, and gets too complex too quickly. Seems better for a review. I got got this one next and loved it. Third one's a charm, eh?
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    5.0 out of 5 stars This is the best book in the class and also with suitable price
    Reviewed in India on May 25, 2017
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    Don't think over and over, just buy it. This is the best book in the class and also with suitable price.
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  • Nitin
    5.0 out of 5 stars A good intro to Java
    Reviewed in Australia on February 22, 2016
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    Good book for beginners in Java. Highly recommended.
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  • viridex
    5.0 out of 5 stars ottimo per cominciare con Java
    Reviewed in Italy on July 24, 2016
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    Possedevo già la Beginner's Guide di Schildt su C++, e, dopo avere letto questo libro, mi sono convinto che Schildt spiega molto bene. Fornisce i concetti importanti senza perdersi in dettagli che verranno appresi dal lettore in un secondo tempo. Ci sono un sacco di esempi che fanno capire come funzionano le cose. Questo è sì un libro per principianti, ma principianti di Java. Credo che per trarre profitto di questo libro sia meglio conoscere già un po' di programmazione in qualche altro linguaggio, o almeno avere presente i concetti generali e le logiche di programmazione.
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  • StephenH316
    5.0 out of 5 stars ... of Visual Basic) I am finding this book an excellent introduction. Some of the structures in Java are ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 18, 2014
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    Having absolutely no knowledge of Java before I started this book (although I do have some knowledge of Visual Basic) I am finding this book an excellent introduction. Some of the structures in Java are quite similar to those in VB while others are completely different, so I am grateful that the book introduces ideas gradually and develops them slowly and clearly with plenty of example coding to follow. If you are wondering what Java is all about (as I was) this is a great way to get your teeth into a fascinating and versatile language.
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  • Harold Henson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Schildt delivers as usual
    Reviewed in Canada on September 25, 2017
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    Schildt has always been my goto guy when I wanted a balanced view of a language. This is written as a true beginner's guide and should work for readers who are learning Java as their first language. However, more experienced programmers can easily skim introductory material and pull out what they need. However, one caution is that you will need to buy more than just this book if you want to fully exploit the Java language. Java is a vast language and this book is just the tip of the iceberg.
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