I bought this book a year and a half ago. It's good, but outdated. The author,
Elliotte Rusty Harold is a good writer and has been on the
Java scene a long time. His web
site
Cafe au Lait is one of my favorites.
He must update the site a few times a day. Back to the book review: I do still look stuff
up in this book. Mostly things involving network ports, etc. But now I have other books
that do a better job of that. It would be great if a second edition of this book came out
that included more on RMI and other modern Java network stuff.(trailboss Jan 2000)
This book is old (1997) but still relevant and VERY helpful. Harold emailed me a
one-word response to this message I sent: "Will there be an updated version"?
His response: "yes". I've been too embarrased to write back and ask my second
question..."when"?(cowgirl May 1999)
UPDATE - Second edition (August 2000) A brand spanking new copy of an old favorite. Mr. Harold always seems to write
books that are way ahead of their time. Then things change, his book becomes
outdated and he never updates it. This is the first exception (that I know of).
He has an excellent writing style, so the concepts in this book are easy to digest.
I've read most of it already and forsee getting a lot of mileage out of this book.(trailboss Oct 2000)
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