Advice for book for beginner on Java

Hi guys,

I want to ask your advice guys.
Is there a book you advise me to read it or buy it, could help me to learn and start with java.

Thanks:)

The on-line course Java Tutorial for Complete Beginners by John Purcell accompanied with lots of practice would be a good choice.

Ron McLeod wrote:The on-line course Java Tutorial for Complete Beginners by John Purcell accompanied with lots of practice would be a good choice.

Hi Ron,

I am going to check it out.
Thanks for your help

start with java - the complete refrenece by herbert schildt
and sidewise read javadoc
my suggestion, for example, if you read any chapter in this book than revise it with javadoc.
Like if you want to learn Inheritance, read it from both book and javadoc website. But first learn it from the book and than javadoc (because book uses simple understanding language).

hope it helps
Puspender

A good starting book for beginners is Head First Java.

Thamer, those are all good suggestions, but it might give us more options for you if we knew your background and goals. Do you already know how to program in another language? Are you planning on gaming, math, databases? There are guides out there that will "bridge" you from C/C++ to Java, if you already know C/C++.

Puspender Tanwar wrote:start with java - the complete refrenece by herbert schildt. . .

Disagree. It is not a beginner's book.

Campbell Ritchie wrote:Disagree. It is not a beginner's book.

hey Campbell, didn't knew why you said that but i have started all my fresh topics from there and then followed the other resources(javadoc, thinking in java, khalid mughal). even now i am preparing for OCP and starting all the fresh topic from that. Right now learning I/O

Stevens Miller wrote:Thamer, those are all good suggestions, but it might give us more options for you if we knew your background and goals. Do you already know how to program in another language? Are you planning on gaming, math, databases? There are guides out there that will "bridge" you from C/C++ to Java, if you already know C/C++.

Yes, it would be good to know what you're background is.
Apart from that, as stated above, Head First Java is a great book. I'm currently working with it and I'm half way through.
So far, I can recommend it.

Indeed Head First Java is a good one, but it is written in a specific way with some funny moments. In case you won't like it, you can try Java for Everyone by Cay S. Horstmann ISBN 978-1-1180-6331-6.
What I like from that book, that you could find lots of small exercises in it on each topic right after you finish reading topic. Those "small" exercises usually comes up as a small subtasks in bigger real life problems.
And of course after you read one of those above mentioned books, there are all sort of other books, which you will want to read.

Puspender Tanwar wrote:start with java - the complete refrenece by herbert schildt
and sidewise read javadoc
my suggestion, for example, if you read any chapter in this book than revise it with javadoc.
Like if you want to learn Inheritance, read it from both book and javadoc website. But first learn it from the book and than javadoc (because book uses simple understanding language).

hope it helps
Puspender

Thanks Puspender Tanwar for your help

Knute Snortum wrote:A good starting book for beginners is Head First Java.

Hi my friend,
it's expensive it about $50

U. Remmarot wrote:

Stevens Miller wrote:Thamer, those are all good suggestions, but it might give us more options for you if we knew your background and goals. Do you already know how to program in another language? Are you planning on gaming, math, databases? There are guides out there that will "bridge" you from C/C++ to Java, if you already know C/C++.

Yes, it would be good to know what you're background is.
Apart from that, as stated above, Head First Java is a great book. I'm currently working with it and I'm half way through.
So far, I can recommend it.

Hi guys,
I'm starting form zero, my term in college will start next week ( computer science).
so i thought i should start with java, because in college they focus on java.
And to answer your question guys, NO, i don't have a background about programming
I hope that answer gives you idea about my level

thanks

Thamer Hamed wrote:. . . it's expensive it about $50

No, it isn't. $50 is not expensive, and you should have no difficulty finding a second‑hand copy for under half that price.

Amazon has the second edition for about $15 and the first edition for about $8.