Java 1.1 Developer's Handbook: With CDROM [With Reusable Code, Timesaving Applets, Tools, Utilitie]

This is definitely one of the better (a lot better!) books on Java I've bought so far(I've got about 10 others). Explains difficult topics well. I use a more general book on Java for a general view of the language/classes and I use this one for more difficult topics which a lot of books only mention but do not explain. The use of diagrams and figures together with easy to follow explanations gives a better understanding of Java topics like streams, threads and networking.

After taking a class from Phil, I went ahead and bought his book. I have found it to be one of the best resources for general Java matter, as well as in depth discussions on advanced technologies. A+ Phil.

This books introduces the more advanced Java topics, wich are mentioned in other books but never explained. This book explains these topics in clear and easy to understand way. If i see a Sybex book i mostly leave it in the bookstore, but this book is ok to pick up!

The book presents the relevant concepts of the likes of the delegation event model excellently, and even delineates the APIs quite succintly. But,somehow,it lacks sufficiently detailed, concrete examples for advanced topics like RMI and JDBC-ODBC bridges, et cetera. However, all taken into account, it most definitey can be considered eponymously as a ( package one.In.All & & must.Buy() deskTop::Reference() & & nice::bedSide.Read()) for solid Java developers in the market eg. guess who!!! -Apurba Krishna Sircar