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 good September 28, 2005
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
very helpful understandable
 Best book for an introduction to OOP concepts using Java December 15, 2004
Firstly, I'd like to state that the reviwers who have made poor judgement of this book have not comprehended the subject of the book. This book is not a book to learn everything about Java; as the author stresses several times! This book gives you the best insight into Object Orientated Programming using Java - hence the title. By the time you have read this book, you will have a great insight into how to program using Java as you will understand the OOP fundamentals. The communication skills of the author makes this book THAT GOOD. He speaks with a great degree of clarity - which some University lecturers badly lack. The book is perfectly broken into managable segments, reinforced with exercises and quizes. At the end of the book, you program a Class Roster System.Once you understand OOP principles from this book, you could go off to learn C++ - which is the "daddy" of programming languages or dive straight into Java head first. I would recommend this book for the reader wanted to learn java, as you first have to understand object-orientation firstly. If you do not have any programming experience, I would recommend Greg Perry's Beginners Guide to Programming; so you can learn the principles (variables, loops, if-else etc).
 Good, but a little strange at times October 21, 2003
This introduction to Java is a very good book for learning with Java. However Wu's class diagrams and examples can be a little strange and ambiguous at times, as can his jovial Dr Caffiene and Ms Espresso characters.But all together a good book to quickly get up to speed in Java.
No Java book beats this one on simplicity and clarity. January 14, 2002
k.sodipo@btinternet.com (Manchester, England)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have gone through several books in my bid to learn Java, and I have seen that the introduction of new programmers to OOP is the best approach to teaching Java. Thomas Wu's style and method of communication with simplicity and clarity especially the chapter on OOP and Software development TOTALLY demistified the Java language to me for the very first time. A lot of things started to fall in place and make sense. Reading the book, you will soon realise that Thomas knows and has mastery of Java, but more importantly he is a good teacher and communicator of OOP concepts and how these translate into Java.
I was almost giving up on the languague as I had bought books and attended two introductry courses on Java, still things have not 'jelled properly', then by chance I came across this book, which changed everything for me. After finishing this book I will recommend 'JAVA OBJECTS by J. Baker', published by Wrox press. I read it before this but it was pitched a notch higher than this book. For those new Object Oriented Programing and Java, nothing currently in the market in my view beats Thomas Wu's book. If it were possible, I will rate this book 6 stars!, believe me it is that good.
Brilliantly follows Bsc computing Science course October 2, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
this book was highly recomended to me by my lecturer who based his 1st and 2nd semester classes around it. The book was used as course text with chapters being given to study for the next lecture. The book clearly explains the important points and has further indepth information and examples to follow through. The book has a realated web site that lets you further test your knowledge with quizes etc. The book is clear easy to read and an invaluable tool to help you in Bsc computer Science + the book is set in such a way that an individual could easily learn object oriented programming on your own. An invauluable, easy to read, user friendly book!
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