Java™ Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design (Introduction to Programming) 5th Edition

I've hashed over quite a few Java programming books in my day. This is one of the easier books to understand. It explains concepts in such a way that you can understand without insulting your intelligence. I would recommend this for someone with some programming experience that's looking to learn the Java language.

The book was everything I wants except the cds, however, you get what you pay for.

Item arrived just as classes were beginning, This book arrived on the day that I didn't take this class, so I was able to catch and get ahead.

The Java Programming from Murach Books is fabulous. I take many on-line courses which is basically a self-taught class. I wanted this book before starting the class to acclimate myself to the Java Programming language. Absolutely, a wonderful self-teaching book.I should have had the book expidited quicker, but the book was in perfect condition and came when stated; I recieved it within ten days.The only issue I had was not being able to access an eBook while waiting for it to arrive.

This book was great for a beginner like me. Easy to understand, sometimes challenging but very clear. I would definitely recommend this book for learning JAVA.

This book is poorly organized. The examples are vague, and you often have to read ahead to understand what was demonstrated earlier. The sound of constant page turning is the soundtrack to studying with this text. The author is fond of words, and often uses word salad to explain what are essentially simple concepts.Furthermore, this book is out of date. The text focuses on Java 6 and Java 7. Java 8 has been available since early 2014. For example: there is no coverage of ArrayLists in the text. This is a useful feature of Java that has introduced as an alternative to vectors, and is much more efficient.Another example of outdated material is in the sections dealing with Java Applets. Applets used to be executable within web browsers, but that functionality has been terminated in most browsers because it is a major security issue to be able to execute Java code on another computer through a web browser. Applets are still an important aspect of Java, but the instruction and examples given in this book are mostly useless now.Overall, I have found that when taking classes in Java, I have had to reference other books and the internet frequently to understand what I am doing. The basic concepts in the early chapters is easy enough to understand, but the more complex aspects of Java are very difficult to understand from this text. If you have the choice, I would suggest finding a different, more concise, and up to date textbook.

This book is awful. I tried to like it, seriously. Having never programmed in my life, I thought this book would be useful for learning how to program as well as to learn Java. In the introduction of the book the author states "My primary goal is to motivate and excite all programming students, regardless of their level.". Let me put it this way; I was excited when I began the course and I am now completely lost. It all happened after chapter 5. The examples after that point get very confusing and throws all sorts of information at you (WAYYY too much information for one semester)... Too much for any person who has never programmed to possibly absorb in one semester (Book is over 1000 pages!!!).This book is not just designed for the beginner CS1 course as it also states, it is designed for an entire year (at least) of a level 2 or 3 java programming course. Seldom does it provide any real world examples or programming code, it also does not provide an answer key for all of the practice problems in the textbook. I find this extremely aggravating, especially when I finally find a programming exercise problem I thing I might actually understand and something in the program does not work. I have absolutely nothing to reference my code to. Is it just me, or is that kind of useless?Unless you are the type of person who avoids even numbers altogether, or are the type of person who is above a complete beginner level of Java programming, I do not recommend this book for you.

Good introduction to learning