Best reference book for project development in java.

Hi Ranchers,

Anybody can give me the reference book for project development in java.

Thanks.

You need to be more specific. What are your current skills? Which type of applications are you targeting (games, web-applications, desktop-applications, frameworks, etc.)? Are you searching something specifically exclusively for the language Java? Or the whole development process of a project (some catchwords: planing, version control, refactoring)? Or more something how to build a good application (design patterns, architecture, etc.)? You won't find everything in a single book.
So? What's your need?

Hello,
I am speaking of a swing based application.
A sample swing based application can do where database design, project planning, network issues and record locking concepts are well explained.
The reason is that I want to work on an application where I can get a good expertise in developing a project and can understand the life cycle of a project.
If a well known list of books are provided I would be very thankful.

Thanks.

Joachim's statement still holds true based on the description of what you're looking for. You're not going to be able to find a single book that covers all of those areas.

I'm sure there are book lists to be found, but finding the lists may be just as much work as putting together a list yourself. I'd recommend going to safaribooksonline.com and do a search on the particular topics that you're interested in. You'll get hits on just about every book that is out there, and you can get a quick synopsis of the book with a table of contents. You can also look at book reviews directly from the search results page (i think they get pulled from Amazon).

Thanks Ranchers for the reply.