{"description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "\u201cThinking in Java should be read cover to cover by every Java programmer, then kept close at hand for frequent reference. The exercises are challenging, and the chapter on Collections is superb! Not only did this book help me to pass the Sun Certified Java Programmer exam; it\u2019s also the first book I turn to whenever I have a Java question.\u201d\r\n\u2014Jim Pleger, Loudoun County (Virginia) Government \r\n\r\n\u201cMuch better than any other Java book I\u2019ve seen. Make that \u2018by an order of magnitude\u2019.... Very complete, with excellent right-to-the-point examples and intelligent, not dumbed-down, explanations.... In contrast to many other Java books I found it to be unusually mature, consistent, intellectually honest, well-written, and precise. IMHO, an ideal book for studying Java.\u201d\r\n\u2014Anatoly Vorobey, Technion University, Haifa, Israel \r\n\r\n\u201cAbsolutely one of the best programming tutorials I\u2019ve seen for any language.\u201d\r\n\u2014Joakim Ziegler, FIX sysop \r\n\r\n\u201cThank you again for your awesome book. I was really floundering (being a non-C programmer), but your book has brought me up to speed as fast as I could read it. It\u2019s really cool to be able to understand the underlying principles and concepts from the start, rather than having to try to build that conceptual model through trial and error. Hopefully I will be able to attend your seminar in the not-too-distant future.\u201d\r\n\u2014Randall R. Hawley, automation technician, Eli Lilly & Co.\r\n\r\n\u201cThis is one of the best books I\u2019ve read about a programming language.... The best book ever written on Java.\u201d\r\n\u2014Ravindra Pai, Oracle Corporation, SUNOS product line \r\n\r\n\u201cBruce, your book is wonderful! Your explanations are clear and direct. Through your fantastic book I have gained a tremendous amount of Java knowledge. The exercises are also fantastic and do an excellent job reinforcing the ideas explained throughout the chapters. I look forward to reading more books written by you. Thank you for the tremendous service that you are providing by writing such great books. My code will be much better after reading Thinking in Java. I thank you and I\u2019m sure any programmers who will have to maintain my code are also grateful to you.\u201d\r\n- Yvonne Watkins, Java artisan, Discover Technologies, Inc.\r\n\r\n\u201cOther books cover the what of Java (describing the syntax and the libraries) or the how of Java (practical programming examples). Thinking in Java is the only book I know that explains the why of Java: Why it was designed the way it was, why it works the way it does, why it sometimes doesn\u2019t work, why it\u2019s better than C++, why it\u2019s not. Although it also does a good job of teaching the what and how of the language, Thinking in Java is definitely the thinking person\u2019s choice in a Java book.\u201d\r\n\u2014Robert S. Stephenson \r\n\r\nAwards for Thinking in Java  \r\n - 2003 Software Development Magazine Jolt Award for Best Book\r\n - 2003 Java Developer\u2019s Journal Reader\u2019s Choice Award for Best Book\r\n       2001 JavaWorld Editor\u2019s Choice Award for Best Book\r\n       2000 JavaWorld Reader\u2019s Choice Award for Best Book\r\n       1999 Software Development Magazine Productivity Award\r\n       1998 Java Developer\u2019s Journal Editor\u2019s Choice Award for Best Book\r\n\r\n\r\nDownload seven free sample chapters from Thinking in Java, Fourth Edition. Visit http://mindview.net/Books/TIJ4."}, "title": "Thinking in Java", "covers": [6792786, 88718], "first_publish_date": "1998", "key": "/works/OL15828509W", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL404462A"}}], "dewey_number": ["005.13/3"], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "subjects": ["Java (Computer program language)", "Linguagem de programacao (outras)", "Java (programmeertaal)", "open_syllabus_project", "Java", "Objektorientierte Programmierung", "Qa76.73.j38 e25 2003", "005.13/3", "Qa76.73.j38 e25 2006"], "latest_revision": 11, "revision": 11, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2011-07-07T00:01:18.851705"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2024-07-17T09:45:00.628314"}}