r/h, mughal&rolf,barry.bone, which is the best book

[prashant patel]

please help me with the book selection

i have studied java from "java 2 complete refrence - patrick naughton ". as i want to appears for certification i am confused as to which book i should buy. do i have to buy two books please help i want to start studing. following choice of book have been suggested to me
1) robert and heller.
2) mughal and rolf rasmessen
3) barry bone
4) bill brogdens -exam cram

[kking]

Hmm...good question.
Most people recommend (1) as the authors were the architects for the actual exam. I'm currently using this one along with Brogden's exam cram.
Just my two cents.
[This message has been edited by kking (edited May 03, 2000).]

[sushant]

Hi prashant,
i am also preparing 4 the certs,and have been using
Java 2 exam cram by bill brogden and the other is
Java 2 the complete certification guide
the second one is recommended as it is written by a sun ed expert and also talks sense but has some errors, be sure to check the errata's
Happy cert prep (Cramming i mean !)
sushant!