I will be finished using VB soon and i THINK i wanna learn Java next(to maybe get a little experience with c++.) I wanna know THE BEST step by step books on java, I am a COMPLETE newbie. I only know what Java actually is(heh...I think...)

Many, many years ago (ok, maybe it wasn''t _that_ many years), I learned Java from Deitel & Deitel "Java How To Program". It is one _huge_ volume. But it does the job real well. I can wholeheartedly recommend it; especially when you''re a newbie.

Other books might be:

Bruce Eckel: "Thinking in Java". Some people love this book. Personally I find the first half extremely well written and the last just the opposite. Not really suited for a newbie tho''.

Ivor Hortons "Beginning Java" is also a really good Java book for totally newbies. I don''t find it as good as Deitel & Deitel''s though.

Lastly I want to mention Lewis & Loftus "Java Software Solutions". This book is also well suited for you, but it doesn''t contain as much as Deitel and Deitel''s book.

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I have the exact opposite opinion of Dietel and Dietel "How to program _placenamehere_" books. I found them to be incredibly bad. In fact they are some of the most confusing, poorly organized programming books i''ve seen. I like Wrox books the best: Ivor Horton "Beginning Java2" is really good for an "advanced" beginner.

I''ve had some success with Sams ''Teach Yourself . . . In 24 Hours''



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Definitely go with Dietel & Dietel''s or Ivor Horton’s books. Good for beginners and are easy to follow.

Definitely go with Dietel & Dietel''s or Ivor Horton’s books. Good for beginners and are easy to follow.

The D&D book is pretty good for newbies IMHO, "Core Java" books are also good but more for a complete reference rather than learning from.

I''ve looked through from D&D books and they seem to be a bit too comprehensive. They look like they''re designed for college classes.

Also they''re not ''visual'' enough, not enough screenshots of outputs.

But this is only my opinion!

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Definitely go with Dietel & Dietel''s or Ivor Horton’s books. Good for beginners and are easy to follow.

I had good experience with his Java 1.3 book (Had to buy it for a course). It''s a fairly thick volume (thick==good), and covers Java in a detailed and well ordered manner.

You can find the 1.4 version on Amazon for $35 (If you use this link to buy it gamedev will get some pennies that can be used to feed Dave''s starving baby rhinos)

Get IntelliJ 2.6 its the best JAVA IDE arround (IMHO).