What are the best ways to learn and understand Java and what books are good for this?

Answer 1

Best way to learn Java is start from basic.Get a clear picture about JVM and JRE.Even if you write a simple program,try to understand what happens behind your code.I suggest you to read more about java at http://allinalljava.blogspot.com. At first while writing your code attach java source behind ,due to that you can easily admire real scenario happen in it.

I suggest you try http://academicjava.com. It's a resource of many example programs with explanations and there's a very good tutorial.

"Head first JAVA" is the book I recommend but it's a question of what's best for you. Go to a good bookshop and browse what's available.

At first, i would like to tell you the BEST way to learn JAVA is just "Type Java programs n execute them". start with simple programs...

"Head first JAVA" - It is the one of the best book to learn Java.

If you want to understand Java's advantages elaborately , then u can refer this page too

http://www.artima.com/insidejvm/ed2/

Best way to learn java is think of something real-world that you understand well and can automate. Write something like an electronic recipe organizer. The best book? Do a Google search for "Java, The Complete Reference, J2se" Good luck!

That is a good book. Also try "Java In A Nutshell" from O'Reiley books. It makes an excellent quick reference and is very straightforward.

Yes, these are great resources and adding one more resource to the list which i found helpful while starting with Java --> the tutorials from Sun. You can find them here http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/

Happy Learning : )

Answer 2

Java is aobject oriented language. So, it is better for you to become familiar with object orineted concepts.. then you will be Abe to underestand the java commands. I suggest you become familiar with JDK which includes java classess that are necessary to program with java.. afterward, it is better to write your first program in notepad and then compile and execute it with javac and java from .../jdk/bin/javac test.java and then .../jdk/bin/java test.class check that your test.java file be in the same directory of java and javac. Then, you can program in Jbuilder9 or JbuilderX which is very convenient for java programming.. My email is omid_roozmand@Yahoo.com. please feel free to contact me if you have any problem in java...

Answer 3

I actually have the author of this book as one of my Computer Science Professors at Armstrong. The book is really well layed out and easy to understand, even for beginners! The book is:

Introduction to Java Programming *Eigth Edition

By: Y. Daniel Liang

Here is his website, it has a list of all the programming books he has writtin thus far! : http://www.cs.armstrong.edu/liang/