Thread: What Java Books / Resources Do you use?

I hope this is the correct forum for this. Dont know whether to post it here or the cafe.


Anyhow..

What books are you guys all using and would you recommend any?

Im currently working thorugh Lewis and Loftus Java Software Solutions. Its not bad i suppose but i am getting towards the end and i still dont feel i know that much about Java.

I have a few books
I enjoy the Head First books they are fun to read and easy to understand. Head First Java and Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design are my first choices. Of course I still have all my programming books from college. Others are:
Core Java 2 Advanced Features (Sun)
Java Swing second edition
Data Structures and Abstractions with java second edition
swing hacks
and my next purchase is going to be:
Mastering Regular Expressions, Third Edition
and for fun Darkstar: The Java Game Server same page as above
Killer Game Programming in Java

I also have other but at home collecting dust.

daniel.j2ee are you doing the certification/exam for that or you just use for assistance?

Q: how do you eat an elephant?
A: one bite at a time!

It really depends what you want to do. Are you interested in games, database applications, accounting packages or something else? You have to set a priority and go in that direction. If you are not dying to do something, perhaps practice some Swing. Start with cheap materials like the Java trails at Oracle or the API documentation.

The one thing I don't recommend is saying that you don't know that much. Try to use what you have as best you can.

Good luck!