 | Sams Teach Yourself Java 6 in 21 Days (5th Edition) (Sams Teach Yourself) by Rogers Cadenhead
Buy new: $29.69 / Used from: $19.00 Filled with examples and short, eloquent phrases that will give you a grasp of the bare essentials in no time. Does spend a lot of time on GUI-related topics. The book is meant as an introduction to Java 6 features, though a lot of time is spent on basic concepts of Java programming. It really is an introductory book.
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 | Head First Java, 2nd Edition by Kathy Sierra
Buy new: $29.67 / Used from: $20.23 Pretty solid introduction - don't let the book's style confuse you - it really is good in making things stick.
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 | Object-Oriented Thought Process, The (2nd Edition) (Developer's Library) by Matt Weisfeld
Buy new: $26.39 / Used from: $20.99 Excellent introduction to object-oriented programming. Don't let the fact that the book's aimed at object-oriented thinking in general fool you: the concepts discussed apply to Java as well as other programming languages. All the examples are written in Java though.
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 | Head First Servlets and JSP: Passing the Sun Certified Web Component Developer Exam (SCWCD) by Bryan Basham
Buy new: $44.05 / Used from: $2.68 Discusses the basics of servlets and jsp.
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 | Thinking in Java (4th Edition) by Bruce Eckel
Buy new: $40.94 / Used from: $36.49 Invaluable reference that discusses things very thoroughly. Should be avoided at first, but will become a reliable companion somewhat later.
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 | Spring in Action by Craig Walls
Buy new: $31.49 / Used from: $24.50 Great introduction to Spring!
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 | Building Spring 2 Enterprise Applications by Interface21
Buy new: $28.37 / Used from: $13.83 More in-depth discussion of Spring that includes important chapters on aspect-oriented programming.
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 | Java Persistence with Hibernate by Christian Bauer
Buy new: $37.79 / Used from: $35.83 Introduction to Hibernate for more advanced database-related stuff.
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