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Title: My goodness!! What a piece of crap!!
Review: If I could sum up this book in one word, it would have to be WOW! And I don't mean "Wow, what a fantasic book!!", but rather "Wow!! This book is absolutely no help to me what-so-ever!"As others have stated, this book is poorly written. It teaches down to you. How is that supposed to make you want to learn Java? Also, what's the deal with this 'animator'? Poplawski makes his little program (an applet actually) sound like God's gift to beginning Java. It's not! You're never going to use it ever again after you use the book, but he still insists on you learning commands for it! Why? Clearly, Poplawski doesn't have a clue on how to teach Java (A fact he backs back quite well during his lectures, should you have the displeasure of attending one).Do not buy this. You can get much better references and instruction manuals than this. Better yet, you can get many of these other guides for cheaper than this.
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