Another one of those questions!!!!!!!

Hi all:

I appreciate that you may have been asked this a thousand times, however I'm going to have to ask it again, so apologies now! Can anyone recommend any GOOD Java beginners books? I have looked on Amazon and there are over 3,400 books to chose from!!!!

I'm looking at ones that encorporate an IDE, instead of the console learning method! i.e. thinking of looking into using Eclipse for Java IDE.

Many thanks :wave:

Eclipse website have some good tutorials...

What type of java do you want to learn (JSE, JME, JEE)? and for what version (1.2,1.4,5)?

HeadFirst Java. HeadFirst books are the best out there and I would recommend them to anyone.

Unless you plan on using a really high tech IDE with a bunch of bells and whistles, you shouldn't need a book that surounds itself on the IDE. I recommend starting out with the command line and a simple text editor. Setting up the environment is an essential skill you could have to rely on in the work place.