Java/OO Book Reviews

Reviews for older books can be found here.   Discounts are available on some books.   JavaMUG is a member of the Amazon.com Associates program.   A portion of the proceeds of any book sold via this link or any of the links in the review pages to Amazon will go to JavaMUG.

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Learning Java Books

• Exploring Java
• Java and JavaScript for C and C++ Programmers
• Java How to Program
• Java in a Nutshell
• Java Programming Language Third Edition (8/2000)
• Java Tutorial, 2nd Edition
• Java Tutorial Continued
• Just Java 1.1
• Teach Yourself Java 2 in 21 Days, 2nd Edition (12/2002)

Java Development Environment Books

• Effective VisualAge for Java, Version 3 (4/2001)
• Inside Java WorkShop

UML/OO

• The Art of Objects (3/2001)
• Designing Concurrent, Distributed, and Real-Time Applications with UML (5/2001)
• Modeling XML Applications with UML (5/2001)
• Patterns in Java, Vol 1 and 2
• A Practical Guide to Testing Object-Oriented Software (5/2001)
• Problem Frames and Methods (3/2001)
• Rational Unified Process
• Thinking in Java (6/2000)
• UML Distilled
• UML Explained (4/2001)
• UML Reference Guide
• UML User Guide
• Unified Software Development Process

Reference Books

• The Java Class Libraries Second Edition
• Java Developer's Almanac 1.4, Volume 1 (5/2002)
• Java Developer's Resource
• Java Fundamental Classes Reference
• Java Language Reference
• Java Language Specification Second Edition (6/2000)
• Java Virtual Machine Specification
• The Real-Time Specification for Java (5/2001)

Advanced Books

• Advanced Java Networking
• Advanced Techniques for Java Developers
• Ant: The Definite Guide (3/2003)
• Building Imaging Applications with Java Technology (7/2001)
• Client/Server Programming with Java and CORBA
• Database Programming with JDBC and Java
• Developing Java Beans
• Developing Java Enterprise Applications
• Developing Java Entertainment Applets
• Effective Java (7/2001)
• Enterprise Java Programming with IBM WebSphere (7/2001)
• Enterprise Java with UML (5/2001)
• Enterprise Java with UML
Enterprise JavaBeans (11/2001)
• Enterprise Security with EJB and CORBA (7/2001)
• Graphics Programming with JFC
• Inside the JavaOS Operating System
• Inside Servlets, 2nd Edition (7/2001)
• Instant CORBA
• The J2EE Tutorial (5/2002)
• Java 3D API Specification (11/2000)
• Java AWT Reference
• JavaBeans Developer's Resource
• Java Card Technology for Smart Cards (7/2000)
• Java Cryptography
• Java Database Programming
• Java Design
• Java Electronic Commerce Sourcebook
• Java Media APIs (12/2002)
• Java Network Programming
• Java Performance and Scability Volume 1 (6/2000)
• Java Platform Performance (6/2000)
• Java Security, 2nd edition (7/2001)
• Java Server and Servlets (7/2000)
• Java Threads, 2nd edition
• Java Virtual Machine
• JDBC Database Access with Java
• JDBC Developer's Resource
• The Jini Speification (7/2000)
• The Jiro Technology (7/2001)
• JNDI API Tutorial and Reference (3/2001)
• JSTL in Action (3/2003)
• JXTA in a Nutshell (10/2002)
• JXTA: Java P2P Programming (9/2002)
• Mastering RMI (5/2001)
• Maximum Java 1.1
• Multithreaded Programming with Java Technology (11/2000)
• Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 2 (4/2001)
• Professional Java Data (8/2001)
• Professional JSP, 2nd Edition (11/2001)
• Programming and Deploying Java Mobile Agents with Aglets
• Ready-to-Run Java 3D
• Securing Java
• The TINI Speification (7/2000)
• WAP Servlets (12/2000)

• Accidental Empires (9/2002)
• Advanced Linux Programming (7/2001)
• Advanced Use Case Modeling (5/2001)
• Agile Software Development (9/2002)
• Ben Franklin's 12 Rules of Management (9/2002)
• Beyond Chaos, Managing Software Development (7/2001)
• Client/Server Survival Guide, 3rd edition
• Component Software (Updated for 2nd edition, 12/2002)
• Component-Based Software Engineering (8/2001)
• CORBA Design Patterns
• UML for Database Design (8/2001)
• David Linthicum's Guide to Client/Server and Intranet Development
• Effective Perl Programming
• Effective Use Cases (11/2000)
• Elizabeth I CEO (9/2002)
• E-Merchant (4/2001)
• Essential Windows CE Programming
• Evaluating Software Architectures (11/2001)
• Every Mistake in the Book (9/2002)
• Extreme Programming Examined (6/2001)
• Extreme Programming Explored (8/2001)
• Extreme Programming In Practice (8/2001)
• Extreme Programming Installed (3/2001)
• Function Point Analysis (3/2001)
• The Gentle Art of Verbal Self Defense at Work (9/2002)
• Heroes, Rogues, and Lovers: Testosterone and Behavior (9/2002)
• How to Run Successful Project III (10/2001)
• Improving Software Organizations (10/2001)
• Instant JavaScript
• Intranet Security: Stories from the Trenches
• IT Architectures and Middleware (5/2001)
• JavaScript Developer's Resource
• Learning Perl
• Lingo and Shockwave
• Lives of the Monster Dogs (9/2002)
• Making the Software Business Case (11/2001)
• Mastering Regular Expressions
• NetWorld: what people are really doing on the Internet and what it means to you
• Network Intrusion Detection (12/2000)
• One Minute Manager (9/2002)
• Planning Extreme Programming (12/2000)
• Planning Extreme Programming - 2nd review (9/2002)
• The Practice of Programming
• Programming Perl
• Programming Ruby (3/2001)
• Quality Web Systems (11/2001)
• Secrets and Lies (10/2000)
• Sendmail
• Sendmail Desktop Reference
• Software Assessments, Benchmarks, and Best Practices (11/2000)
• Software Configuration Management Patterns (12/2002)
• Software Configuration Management Strategies and Rational ClearCase (10/2000)
• Software Craftsmanship (10/2001)
• Software Fundamentals (6/2001)
• Software Leadership (11/2001)
• Software Project Management (9/2002)
• Technology Acquistion (6/2001)
• The 22 Biggest Mistakes Managers Make (9/2002)
• Use Cases (9/2000)
• Web Client Programming with Perl
• Wharton on Managing Emerging Technologies (6/2000)
• Windows NT in a Nutshell
• Windows NT File System Internals
• Wireless Web (6/2001)
• World Wide Web Database Programming for Windows NT

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