Best Books for Learning Java 6?

Question

Hi,

What are the Best Books for Learning Java 6?

Regads, Srinivas

Answer 1

At my University we read the Java Concepts series (by Cay Horstmann) as an introduction to Java and programming in general. I used the 4th edition of the book, which is excellent. It's much more understandable and concise than the Deitel & Deitel Java handbook, in my opinion.

I believe the 5th edition deals with Java 6, but I haven't personally read it. It might be worth a look, though.

Answer 2

See also the question Best Java Book You Have Read So Far

Answer 3

Learning Java from scratch? I'd say the Java Tutorials on the Sun web site are a pretty good start, to be honest; they cover language basics, object-oriented programming concepts, I/O, concurrency, collections and Swing, to say the least.

Answer 4

If you like your books concise and you're comfortable reading mathematically precise prose, then I would read Java Precisely. Otherwise, a total newbie to programming won't do much better than the Head First Java.

Answer 5

I'd go for Core Java Volume I and II, by Cay Horstmann and Gary Cornell. The Eighth edition covers Java 6.

Answer 6

I don't know why everyone keeps recommending Head First Java. Most Head First series were good except for the one written for Java. It just assumes too much programming knowledge for beginners, and people who aren't beginners are better off reading more dense books.