For Experienced Java Programmers Only Please

I am currently taking a Programming Concepts in Java college course. This is the required text and I would have to say that it is one of the most frustrating technical textbooks that I have every used. Java is not easy to learn - there is A LOT to the language and can be complicated. I like to have examples from which to draw when working on projects well, like a Java program. I think that examples help you to apply the concept you are trying to learn. This book had a great opportunity to provide "rich" examples; however, the authors preferred to use the simplest of examples. At times, no examples at all. As an example on page 119 is a list of "some" of the methods of the String class - are there more methods? Who's to know, the text doesn't address that either. There are 10 methods listed, the authors opted to only show an example of the use of 4 of the easiest methods to understand. I find String methods pretty easy to use now...but when I first turned to that chapter I had no clue. I had to search the Internet for examples of the methods that I needed to use...why did I pay $100 for this book? This is just an example of how the entire book has been written...very vague on the use of the material. I would say that this book would be good for someone who already has a decent grasp of the structure of Java programs...then the material in this book may be useful.

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