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Title: keep away from this book
Review: This book was recommended for my course. It is very poor indeed. The first few chapters which cover the basics aren't too bad, but things very quickly become awfull. Unnecessary complications are introduced into simple programs, and not explained at all well. The author plunges into each chapter without introducing any basic concepts. In the graphics chapter, nothing is said about setting up a graphics object - the second page is already talking about methods in the package. Not only has this book not helped me one bit in learning Java, it has actually hindered it. You have been warned.
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