Welcome Khalid Mughal, Torill Hamre and Rolf Rasmussen

This week, we're delighted to have Khalid Mughal, Torill Hamre and Rolf Rasmussen helping to answer questions about the new book Java Actually.

The promotion starts Tuesday, April 24th 2007 and will end on Friday, April 27th 2007.

We'll be selecting four random posters in this forum to win a free copy of the book provided by the publisher, Thomson Business Press.

Please see the Book Promotion page to ensure your best chances at winning!

Posts in this welcome thread are not eligible for the drawing.

Is it a good time to write a "first course" book on Java?
There are so many similar books in market, how to differentiate this book with other books?

I don't mind to get a copy and have a look.

Have different is Java Actually from the Java book by Khalid? What extra infor is provided in this "Java Actually" Book?

Hi,
It seems that this book concentrates on OOP using java, this is already done in many books by many authors,And also I think you have concentrated more on computing knowledge using java which will lead to less concentration on java topics.Any how need to see the actual content rather than books description. Hope this book will also be like your old books and steal the readers minds.

Posts in this welcome thread are not eligible for the drawing.

Please ask questions and start discussions in another thread.

thanks,
Dave

I want to know more about "Java Actually".... Eagerly waiting for it....
What all new things are there in it?

For those interested, you'll find some sample chapters and the table of content here :
http://www.ii.uib.no/~khalid/jact/sample.html

Welcome!

To echo what Dave said: this thread is for welcoming the authors. All questions about the book should go in other threads.

What is the difference between his latest book "Java Actually" and the previous ones.

Hi kanakaraju,
it's already been pointed out many times, but if you read from the top, you'll notice that questions should not be posted here.
Go at the following page and click "Post New Topic" :
http://www.coderanch.com/forums/f-33/java

I would like to welcome to Khalid Mughal, Torill Hamre and Rolf Rasmussen to be here in javaranch with their book "Java Actually".

Best of Luck authors with this book.