Java 1.5 Program Design

Class listings are not so unusable as other reviewer says. As for me, paper copy is more useful than online sometimes (I still like to read from paper instead of display most of time) Overall, really great book. Highly recommended!

Overall not a bad book, but the title is misleading. Don't think that because the book is called "Java 1.5 Program Design" that it is about the design of Java programs. The book is really an introduction to Java programming. It's a big book and it covers a lot of ground. It seems to be designed as a college text book. At the end of each chapter there is a review and there are exercises. The first chapter has some unrelated information about buying a computer, and about microprocessors. They also explain what a millisecond is, what a microsecond is, etc. I'm not sure that kind of stuff really belongs in a Java book. Appendix E is a 200-page listing of Java standard classes. What a waste of paper! It would have been better if they had written 2 pages describing how to look that up online. Nobody goes to a hardcopy book for that anymore. But the book is comprehensive and does have what you need to know about Java, including the big 1.5 changes.