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Title: Good IF experienced, don't touch if new to Java
Review: Book has some errors, and if used ONLY for the test, you will fail. It glosses over a lot of topics and is good if you haven't touched Java in a while and need a refresher. I took the test after using this book and failed, looked up some questions I new I missed, and they weren't even in the book, no wonder I didn't pass. Got a more detailed book and passed easily. Barry Boone is good...just doesn't have a Java 2 book yet, but his ver. 1.1 book filled a LOT of gaps Brogden doesn't touch. Brogden says 'Native methods are not on the exam.' uh, yeah. Both times I took the exam, a question about Native methods was on the exam. Good for something...and that's a paperweight or a refresher.
