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I have the sierra book, its over facing and although good - reading from cover to cover for certification and learning the language all at once - how likely???!!!
Considering TigerTamer - what do you think and wnat advice can you offer me please/
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Their book is good, and I strongly suggest that you read it (from cover to cover) if your planing on taking the SCJP exam. Write lots of code while you are reading it - it's through the process of preparing to the exam that you gain most. The paper in it self is (in my opinion) not that important.

I dont know anything about taming tigers - so I cant help you there

/Svend
 
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Originally posted by rachael carr:
I have the sierra book, its over facing and although good - reading from cover to cover for certification and learning the language all at once - how likely???!!!


Why not? It's a very good book, that will help you not just to get certified, but also to effectively learn and understand many (somewhat obscure) aspects of the Java language, in a very easy-to-read and pleasant way.

The only book that I had (partially) read before buying Sierra/Bates SCJP book was Bruce Eckel's "Thinking in Java". Years later, these two books are still the only J2SE programming books I've ever read. And Sierra/Bates is the only J2SE programming book that I read "from cover to cover", and I did it twice.

Fortunately (or not ), I can learn a lot only from reading, I don't really need very much hands-on experimentation.
 
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The books mentioned above are top notch.

I would also mention Head First Java as an excellent intro book. I wish it had been available when I started Java! Also, the online Java Tutorials can be quite helpful.
 
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