Title: Yet another textbook not for the beginner
Review: I sure wish Amazon had two ratings for technical books: One rating for experienced users, another for new learners. I'm of the latter. This book was a requirement for a Java course, and, I swear, the whole point of this turgid dull snippet-laden book was to make the teacher look good. The first chapter attempts to present overview-level Java concepts but throws you a table of primitive data types. No, I don't mind knowing how many bits are in a float, but could you please tell me about Java first? I'm sure this book is extremely useful for Java programmers, but students are well-advised to look elsewhere.
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