Pretty Good Overview

This book provided a quick overview of Java 5 Tiger new features. I liked the author's writing style - concise and clear. Obviously this book does not cover in depth all of new features - the authors explicitly state that it is not meant to be comprehensive and they suggest other references to drill down into a particular topic. If you are trying to upgrade from an older version of Java (1.4 or prior releases) to Java 5, this book will get you running in no time. You can essentially read it in a weekend (assuming you have some prior Java knowledge/experience). Some topics need other references for sure - mainly Generics and Threading. The latter in particular is not covered in great depth and it is understandable given the complexity and huge enhancements to Threading API. Overall a worthwhile investment.

Other Reviews

• Pretty Good Overview
• Compact and yet extremely informative, very useful
• Better than Herbert Schildt's Tiger Book
• Good Intro to the latest features of Java 1.5 Tiger.
• Good book to start with.