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Thinking in Java, 3rd ed. Revision 4.0 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] D: Resources Software The JDK from java.sun.com. Even if you choose to use a third-party development environment, it’s always a good idea to have the JDK on hand in case you come up against what might be a compiler error. The JDK is the touchstone, and if there is a bug in it, chances are it will be well known. The JDK documentation from java.sun.com, in HTML. I have never found a reference book on the standard Java libraries that wasn’t out of date or missing information. Although the HTML documentation from Sun is shot-through with small bugs and is sometimes unusably terse, all the classes and methods are at least there. People are sometimes uncomfortable at first using an online resource rather than a printed book, but it’s worth your while to get over this and open the HTML docs first so you can at least get the big picture. If you can’t figure it out at that point, then reach for the printed books. Books Thinking in Java, 2nd Edition. Available as fully-indexed, color-syntax-highlighted HTML on the CD ROM bound in with this book, or as a free download from . Includes material that didn’t make it into the third edition; see the table of contents in that book for details. Thinking in Java, 1st Edition. Available as fully-indexed, color-syntax-highlighted HTML on the CD ROM bound in with this book, or as a free download from www.BruceEckel.com. Includes older material and material that was not considered interesting enough to carry through to the second edition. Just Java 2, 5th edition by Peter van der Linden (Prentice Hall, 2002). Not only useful but fun. He often takes a similar approach as I do, and doggedly follows a problem through to discover the complete details, so he often has answers you won’t find elsewhere. Core Java 2, Volume I—Fundamentals (Prentice-Hall, 1999) and Volume II—Advanced Features (2000), by Horstmann & Cornell.. Huge, comprehensive, and the first place I go when I’m hunting for answers. The book I recommend when you’ve completed Thinking in Java and need to cast a bigger net. The Java Class Libraries: An Annotated Reference, by Patrick Chan and Rosanna Lee (Addison-Wesley, 1997). Although sadly out of date, this is what the JDK reference should have been: enough description to make it usable. One of the technical reviewers for Thinking in Java said, “If I had only one Java book, this would be it (well, in addition to yours, of course).” I’m not as thrilled with it as he is. It’s big, it’s expensive, and the quality of the examples doesn’t satisfy me. But it’s a place to look when you’re stuck and it seems to have more depth (and sheer size) than most alternatives. Java Network Programming, 2nd Edition, by Elliotte Rusty Harold (O’Reilly, 2000). I didn’t begin to understand Java networking until I found this book. I also find his Web site, Café au Lait, to be a stimulating, opinionated, and up-to-date perspective on Java developments, unencumbered by allegiances to any vendors. His regular updates keep up with fast-changing news about Java. See www.cafeaulait.org. Design Patterns, by Gamma, Helm, Johnson and Vlissides (Addison-Wesley, 1995). The seminal book that started the patterns movement in programming. Practical Algorithms for Programmers, by Binstock & Rex (Addison-Wesley, 1995). The algorithms are in C, so they’re fairly easy to translate into Java. Each algorithm is thoroughly explained. Analysis & design The Unified Software Development Process, by Before you choose any method, it’s helpful to gain perspective from those who are not trying to sell one. It’s easy to adopt a method without really understanding what you want out of it or what it will do for you. Others are using it, which seems a compelling reason. However, humans have a strange little psychological quirk: If they want to believe something will solve their problems, they’ll try it. (This is experimentation, which is good.) But if it doesn’t solve their problems, they may redouble their efforts and begin to announce loudly what a great thing they’ve discovered. (This is denial, which is not good.) The assumption here may be that if you can get other people in the same boat, you won’t be lonely, even if it’s going nowhere (or sinking). This is not to suggest that all methodologies go nowhere, but that you should be armed to the teeth with mental tools that help you stay in experimentation mode (“It’s not working; let’s try something else”) and out of denial mode (“No, that’s not really a problem. Everything’s wonderful, we don’t need to change”). I think the following books, read before you choose a method, will provide you with these tools. Software Creativity, by Robert Glass Software Runaways: Monumental Software Disasters, by Robert Glass (Prentice Hall, 1997). The great thing about this book is that it brings to the forefront what we don’t talk about: the number of projects that not only fail, but fail spectacularly. I find that most of us still think “that can’t happen to me” (or “that can’t happen again”), and I think this puts us at a disadvantage. By keeping in mind that things can always go wrong, you’re in a much better position to make them go right. Peopleware, 2nd Edition, by Tom Demarco Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving & Getting Advice Successfully, by Gerald M. Weinberg (Dorset House, 1985). A superb book, one of my all-time favorites. It’s perfect if you are trying to be a consultant or if you’re working with consultants and trying to do a better job. Short chapters, filled with stories and anecdotes that teach you how to get to the core of the issue with minimal struggle. Also see More Secrets of Consulting, published in 2002, or most any other Weinberg book. Complexity, by M. Mitchell Waldrop Python Learning Python, by Mark Lutz and David Ascher (O’Reilly, 1999). A nice programmer’s introduction to my favorite language, an excellent companion to Java. The book includes an introduction to Jython, which allows you to combine Java and Python in a single program (the Jython interpreter is compiled to pure Java bytecodes, so there is nothing special you need to add to accomplish this). This language union promises great possibilities. My own list of books Listed in order of publication. Not all of these are currently available. Computer Interfacing with Pascal & C, (Self-published via the Eisys imprint, 1988. Only available via www.BruceEckel.com). An introduction to electronics from back when CP/M was still king and DOS was an upstart. I used high-level languages and often the parallel port of the computer to drive various electronic projects. Adapted from my columns in the first and best magazine I wrote for, Micro Cornucopia. (To paraphrase Larry O’Brien, long-time editor of Software Development Magazine: The best computer magazine ever published—they even had plans for building a robot in a flower pot!) Alas, Micro C became lost long before the Internet appeared. Creating this book was an extremely satisfying publishing experience. Using C++, (Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 1989). One of the first books out on C++. This is out of print and replaced by its second edition, the renamed C++ Inside & Out. C++ Inside & Out, (Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 1993). As noted, actually the second edition of Using C++. The C++ in this book is reasonably accurate, but it's circa 1992 and Thinking in C++ is intended to replace it. You can find out more about this book and download the source code at www.BruceEckel.com. Thinking in C++, 1st Edition, (Prentice Hall, 1995). Thinking in C++, 2nd Edition, Volume 1, (Prentice Hall, 2000). Downloadable from www.BruceEckel.com. Thinking in C++, 2nd Edition, Volume 2, Coauthored with Chuck Allison (Prentice Hall, 2003). Downloadable from www.BruceEckel.com. Thinking in C#, By Larry O’Brien and Bruce Eckel. This is Larry’s translation of Thinking in Java into C#, with some help from me (Prentice Hall, 2003). Black Belt C++: the Master’s Collection, Bruce Eckel, editor (M&T Books, 1994). Out of print. A collection of chapters by various C++ luminaries based on their presentations in the C++ track at the Software Development Conference, which I chaired. The cover on this book stimulated me to gain control over all future cover designs. Thinking in Java, 1st Edition, (Prentice Hall, 1998). The first edition of this book won the Software Development Magazine Productivity Award, the Java Developer’s Journal Editor’s Choice Award, and the JavaWorld Reader’s Choice Award for best book. On the CD ROM in the back of this book, and downloadable from www.BruceEckel.com. Thinking in Java, 2nd Edition, (Prentice Hall, 2000). This edition won the JavaWorld Editor’s Choice Award for best book. On the CD ROM in the back of this book, and downloadable from www.BruceEckel.com. |