Head First Java
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Head First Java
Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates
9 people recommended it in 3 threads, 2008–2017.
What people on Hacker News said
But if you took the time to read it all, it really did cover a lot and I felt that I had a solid and complete understanding of the concepts (not a feeling I get when reading most other books).
The entire Head First series is very well written, and focuses on practical learning rather than reference or academia as a lot of the suggestions do.
The strategy here is to study both interchange; once you learned a topic from HF Java 5, check the best practice in Effective Java.
Agree, this book gives good understanding about Java (platform and language.
Where it comes up
- Ask YC: Best book for Java 2008 · 5 recommendations
- Reddit's favorite programming books, from 3.5B comments 2017 · 2 recommendations
- Ask HN: What are some good books for understanding OOP? 2010 · 2 recommendations