Java? Essentials for C and C++ Programmers

Product will help with the transition to Java if you have some experience in c/c++. Handy guide...

A long time ago I was a long time C/C++ programmer. I was looking for a book that could take me from C -> C++ -> Java. Mr. Boone's book does a very good job of accomplishing this. <p>I found the book an easy read and the examples very reader friendly. He spends a lot of time and detail explaining the migration of code syntax, in straight forward examples and helps the reader move into OOP concepts. The book could easily be subtitled "Transitioning to OOP for old C guys".<p>Sticking with the platform-independent nature of the JAVA language, Mr. Boone tries to be non-platform specific, yet in doing so somehow comes across as anti-Microsoft, which I'm finding out is quite popular in books on JAVA. Bottom line, since I own a copy of Microsoft's Visual J++, I found some of the examples hard to get working. This was a bit fustrating, but learned a lot more about VJ++ in the process. I got a sense that if I had a SUN computer, the examples would work flawlessly. <p>Once Mr. Boone gets through the easy examples, "Hello World", goes inta, goes outa, classes, etc., he kind of blows through several applications and implimentations, some of which could be useful. By then, I was ready for a book that went deeper in to the lanugage.<p>Although I found the book to be tailor made for the likes of me, I do not think it is an obvious choice for beginning or advancing one's understanding of the language. For me, it accomplished exactly what the title states.

A very good and easy to read book on Java. It is fun to read and to follow through. One can easily digest it in a few days and take a great advantage of previous C/C++ experience. It is lucid and clear and has a very good structure. What I missed was a section on JDBC and AWT 1.1, but for what it covers, it is more than worth the money. One of the best introductory Java books in the market.

A quick and easy to read book on Java programming, using your experience with C++ as a jumping-off point to the concepts the book discusses. Highly recommended for starting Java development