Seeking a Solid Java Textbook?

Posted by Cliff on Friday September 5, 2003 @03:54PM from the introductory-classes-for-MS-students dept.

StudMuffin asks: "I am teaching a Master's level Introductory Java Programming class, at the University of Michigan in January, and am on the hunt for a solid Java textbook. This class is aimed at grad students (who obviously have a bachelors degree, so they are assumed to be able to think on their own) with no programming experience. Specifically, I would like to ground them in good Object Oriented principles, solid program design techniques, and finally in the actual syntax of Java. I would rather think of this as a 'How to program well' class that happens to use Java as the language over a 'Java class' that happens to cover programming. I would like to stay away from the applet heavy books that I tend to find, focusing instead on the topics above. Any ideas?"

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ha ha ha ho ho ho by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-05 17:50 · Score: -1, Offtopic

This class is aimed at grad students (who obviously have a bachelors degree, so they are assumed to be able to think on their own) with no programming experience

ha ha ha ha oh man ... you got me rolling on the floor with that one...

Think for themselves!! HA HA HA !! grad students!!!

Unless you meant to write "think on their own when it comes to their field of study", not "think on their own when it comes to operating a water fountain or holding in their own urine".