Best book to learn Java

[namia]

Hi There,

Could anyone here tell me as which is the best book to start with java. Please mention the best books and if you know the ISBNN numbers also.

Thanks

Java 1.2 Complete Reference by Herbert Schildt.

Check out http://www.hszk.bme.hu/~werner/Java2BookReviewBETA.html

[kumaran]

Beginning java 2 Ivor Horton

[Valerie Bradley]

If you have no experience with Java at all, I recommend this book. Although it is written with novice programmers in mind, I found that by simply going through the examples I got a good feel for how Java works.

"Java How To Program" by Deitel & Deitel
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130125075/o/qid=936398202/sr=2-1/002-5653148-0263647

If you need reference books, then I recommend the following:

"Graphic Java: Mastering the JFC Volume I: AWT" by Geary
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130796662/o/qid=936398520/sr=2-2/002-5653148-0263647

"Graphic Java: Mastering the JFC Volume II: Swing" by Geary
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130796670/o/qid=936398520/sr=2-1/002-5653148-0263647

The last book in the series won't be published until December 2001...
"Graphic Java: Mastering the JFC Volume III: Advanced Swing" by Geary
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130796689/o/qid=936398520/sr=2-3/002-5653148-0263647

Hope this helps!!


- Valerie
Software Engineer
Intel Corporation

* All opinions are mine and not those of my employer.

[namastay]

Core Java Fundamentals 1.1 by Horstmann/Cornell is very good!