Author(s) : Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates Publisher : O'Reilly Media, Inc.; 2 edition Date       : 2005 Pages     : 720 Format    : PDF ISBN       : 0596009208

Book Description
This is an excellent book, far more capable than any of the scores of Java-for-novices book that have come before it. Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates deserve rich kudos-and big sales-for developing this book's new way of teaching the Java programming language, because any reader with even a little bit of discipline will come away with true understanding of how the language works. Readers get substantial exposure to object-oriented design and implementation, serialization, neatwork programming, threads, and Remote Method Invocation (RMI). Its unique approach not only shows you what you need to know about Java syntax, it teaches you to think like a Java programmer.