Originally posted by Lara McCarver:
The Habibi book is very good. I didn't feel like they covered things in too much depth. Personally, some things I wish had been covered in more depth, but maybe a developer more familiar with threading issues wouldn't feel that way.
Lara - I would love to hear your thoughts on what should be covered in more detail.
Terry and I are currently working on the
second edition of that book. We have an
estimated release date in September.
We are currently expanding on the Sockets and RMI sections (each has it's own chapter) and the GUI chapter (the first edition assumed AWT knowledge - that assumption is no longer valid).
I am currently working on the Threading chapter, with a view to simplifying parts of it, while simultaneously adding information about the new concurrency classes. At the same time, we will be adding more threading information in other sections as well (especially in the Sockets, RMI, and GUI sections).
If anyone has any thoughts on what is covered in too much detail / too little detail - please feel free to add comments here, or email me directly (andrew@javaranch.com).
Regards, Andrew