Introduction

Welcome to another of my posts about Java programming, having just completed writing a short course here on Steemit which can be found here https://steemit.com/programming/@robertlyon/java-programming-for-beginners-course. I thought it might be beneficial to mention a few books that I would recommend to beginners. These books are books that I have used or newer editions of the books that I read. The point of these recommendations is to give the readers of my blog a direction or pathway to improving their programming skills and gaining more real-world skills that will aid them in their journey.

Recommendations

1. Think Java by Allen Downey and Chris Mayfield
   Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Think-Java-Allen-Downey/dp/1491929561/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1512822579&sr=1-1&keywords=Think+java
   
   This book starts off very basic covering the fundamentals like I have done in my course with a little more detail. The book then moves on to cover the basics of Object Orientated Programming. Very good book for the absolute beginner and has great explanations of concepts.

2. Learning Java by Patrick Niemeyer and Daniel Leuck
   Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Learning-Java-Patrick-Niemeyer/dp/1449319246/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1512822119&sr=8-1&keywords=learning+java
   
   This book is a really good follow-on to the Think Java book. This book picks up Object Orientated Principles from the word go, this book is aimed more towards people who have some knowledge of basic programming. The style of teaching in this book is different from most programming books, where most books start off with console applications this one starts off by building simple GUI applications through the Swing library(Although outdated the concepts are still the same). This book covers a massive amount of information and different programming areas so will give the beginner programmer a good taste of what is out there when it comes to programming jobs.

3. Java: A Beginner's Guide, Seventh Edition by Herbert Schildt
   Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Java-Beginners-Seventh-Herbert-Schildt/dp/1259589315/ref=dp_ob_title_bk
   
   This book is published by Oracle who are the company that owns Java. This book covers each topic in great depth and provides some concrete explanations and examples that are tailored towards new programmers. If you were to get only one of the books on this list then I would recommend this one as it is the most concise.

Conclusion

I found all three of these books to be a great help to me when I was first studying Java in University and I hope that they can help you to improve your own programming and help you to become a Java developer.

As always if there are any improvements you think I can make to this post then please leave a comment and I will consider adding it.

Thank you for reading and I hope that someone will get some use out of these tutorials.

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