Head First Java

I have the "Head First Java" book, original edition which covers 1.4. I was looking at the review on Amazon for the 2nd edition, but didn't see anything that told me if it covered 1.5?

Do you know - does it cover the changes in Java 1.5?

Thanks,

lwk

Yes. The primary changes from the first edition to the second edition is Java 5 coverage. From the Book's Information Page:

This revised second edition focuses on Java 5.0, the latest version of the Java development platform.

I highly recommend this book *. I started a new job where I was required to learn Java - this was after 8 1/2 years of working in MS technologies.

The Head First Java and Design Patterns books really helped me get up to speed. After a couple months of programming and studying, I feel pretty confident handling the work coming my way.

This site has helped tremendously as well.

* results may vary.

It contains the stuff that will teach you Java,covering JAVA 5.0,easy and fast.
Can also be very helpful for SCJP 1.5 exam.

With Regards.

S.Shekhar.

I'm also reading Head First Java and I find the first 11 chapters very interesting and easy to follow. But from chapter 12 onwards, where they teach you how to make a GUI, it starts to get confusing. The flow of explanations is kinda choppy, but that's only my personal opinion. I wish the explanation is step-by-step, instead of explaning one thing and then jumping to another thing, and coming back to the previous thing again.

I'm also reading the K&B book for SCJP and I find that book very good (or so far so good).