Customer Review: This book is written really well in the sense that it explains the particular topic in a casual everyday manner, making it very easy to understand. I progressed through the entire book and found this to be the case regardless of difficulty of topic.
I have 2 big issues with this book:
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Customer Review: This is an excellently written book. It is written in a classroom delivery format and it presents the serious illusion of a lecturer/tutor standing and presenting the information in front of you whilst having a conversation with you about the nuances of Java.... I cannot plug this book enough so to... more info
Customer Review: I used Kathy Sierra's "Sun Certified Programmer & Developer for Java 2 Study Guide" to pass both of those certification exams with flying colors. Although the overly jokey format of that book was more cringe-worthy than engrossing, the book contained solid information and was somewhat easy to... more info
Customer Review: i have just passed my exam with 97%. This book covers everything that you need to know for SCJP5 Exam. Once you read it you will feel confident but dont be fooled you are not finished just yet. you have to do a lot of mock exams which are available online. (for the mock exams and some help go to... more info
Customer Review: This book was recommended reading for a course at Western Governor's University. I have to say, that while I am not generally one to go out and buy extra "text" books, I am very glad I bought this one. Not only is the book chocked full of invaluable information regarding the areas covered on... more info
Customer Review: Had high hopes for the book, with cartoons and all. But they got into lots of agonizingly boring technical detail without putting it into a clear context. The explanations could have been much clearer by providing that context.
Customer Review: First of all sorry for my english, i'm brazilian.
I bought this book after the pain of reading the Study Guide from Sun Microsystems, so it was really good. There are some mistakes that would confuse some inexperienced developers, but the level of skill required for the certification would... more info
Customer Review: I felt like the book basically defines terminology and gives a broad overview of the three technologies. I agree with the reviews that said he tried to do too much, in this book. One solution would have been to drop the Eclipse section, thus giving him more space to write about Hibernate and Spring.... more info
Customer Review: I've noticed that most reviews (both positive and negative) are a bit out-dated, referring to older editions. This review is about the latest (third) edition, which is also somewhat outdated (2004). My biggest complaint is that the book is basically a glorified API with some very boring... more info
