August 2012
Beginner
768 pages
18h 20m
English
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“From the awesome Head First Java folks, this book uses every conceivable trick to help you understand and remember. Not just loads of pictures: pictures of humans, which tend to interest other humans. Surprises everywhere. Stories, because humans love narrative. (Stories about things like pizza and chocolate. Need we say more?) Plus, it’s darned funny.”
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“This book’s admirable clarity, humor, and substantial doses of clever make it the sort of book that helps even nonprogrammers think well about problem solving.”
—Cory Doctorow, co-editor of Boing Boing and author of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom and Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
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—Ward Cunningham, inventor of the wiki and founder of the Hillside Group
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—David Gelernter, professor of computer science, Yale University, and author of Mirror Worlds and Machine Beauty
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