Introductory Java books are a rather popular bunch. If you’re interested in Java programming, you have to start somewhere. Most people pick up at least one book to get them started.

John Smiley's Learn to Program with Java is an excellent book. A friend with no prior programming experience is working through it now and finding it delightful.<BR><BR>Phil ••• Quote Report D ...

I'm looking for a book, a GOOD book, that details the Java language starting with the basics, or starting with only ASCII programs, and moving up into the Java GUI environment. Any suggestions?

JBoss Weld CDI for Java Platform is a relatively short book (approximately 100 "main" pages) that introduces JBoss Weld , which it describes as "the open source reference implementation" of Java ...