Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 21:49:36 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: Ian Grigg <iang@systemics.com> Cc: nate@mt.sri.com, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Chan & Lee books" Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901072143090.7271-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <199812231322.JAA08987@systemics.com>
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On Wed, 23 Dec 1998, Ian Grigg wrote: > > Nate: > > Umm, they are THE Java Reference books... > > The books that Nate recommends are in the javasoft series. > The ones I found at amazon are below. Be (a)ware that they > are about $54 each, being hardback :-( My situation has changed, I suddenly may find some funds to buy Java books (for a course). I squirreled away this post (for obvious reasons) and now I have to ask a question. Seeing as Java is mutating like a heavily nuked protozoa, and these books have dates of 1996-1997, are they really up to date anymore? If they describe things like an ancient event handling mechanism (that deprecated for new software) its not going to be of extreme help. If it completely skips swing, well, that's not a minor omission either. Can someone who *has* these books give me some more reasons (that I can pass along to the person writing the check) for why these aren't obsolete (and if there's little chance to a new revision coming out 6 hours after the purchase is made)? Thanks. Any rumors about new editions are welcome. > iang > > ==================== > Patrick Chan, Rosanna Lee, Doug Kramer > > The Java(tm) Class Libraries, Second Edition, Volume 1: > java.io, java.lang, java.math, java.net, java.text, java.util Vol 1 > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201310023/o/qid=914418229/sr=2-1/002-9203115-8455054 > > ==================== > Patrick Chan, Rosanna Lee > The Java Class Libraries : Java.Applet, Java.Awt, Java.Beans (Vol 2) > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201310031/ref=sim_books/002-9203115-8455054 > > ==================== > Patrick Chan, Rosanna Lee > > The Java Class Libraries : An Annotated Reference (Java Series) > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201634589/ref=sim_books/002-9203115-8455054 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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