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Title: Programming with Visual Age for java
Review: Full of enthusiasm I approached this book with an open mind convinced I had found the right text. I like to quickly overview technical books to discover early on where the authors are leading. I often learn a great deal in this way. Not with this book, you must be prepared to be at a keyboard and concentrate on each line. There is so much between the lines and you can miss important facts if you dont think hard. You cannot breeze in to a chapter, you must work on them all in the right order. Once in there it's like being led through a maze. There is virtually no explanation of what you are doing. The theory is lacking. Terminology is thrust upon you ruthlessly. You learn a bit about the GUI in VAJ, and it helps with general familiarity with the software, oh yes, the bit you really want to know, you don't learn much about Java.
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