Murach's Beginning Java with NetBeans

I love how well this guide is written and in plain English. The only misgiving I have is that I would prefer if there were a lot more exercises and a solution manual or online guide to the solutions.

Great book if your taking java classes but it needs better examples.

Thing I would have liked to know (just learning Java and IDE), but weren't available in the description: JAVA SE 8, NetBeans 8 ( I am learning with v7 of both), MySQL 5.6 ( I use PostgreSQL). Install instruction for Microsoft and Apple ( I use unix)UPDATE: Netbeans 7 can NOT open the sample code due to a binary versioning conflict. Price is $40.25 at author's site, but probably, taxes & shipping extra Download of example code requires name and email address registration and uses 'tracking' site to supply captcha. (I had to turn off 'Privacy Badger" for the registration to completely display. Just starting to use the book, I can't comment on content yet.

I haven't found a Murach's book that I didn't like. Great explanations and much cheaper than other textbooks

Good book if you do not need any tech support, Mr. Murach is no help.

The publisher gives professors an extra set of secret exercises that aren't in this text book. Most professors will use these for class work and home work.If you read the book, you should be able to complete the exercises but this is not the case as they aren't made for beginners. Really tough and really challenging. This book shows you something and then you see the solution and its an entirely different from what you just learned. They jump form point A to to point z. Really disappointed that this is a popular book for beginners learning java.

No problems.

I had some exposure to Java before having to use this book for a class, and I still find it inadequate for beginner level. It gives examples of code but not how the code would look in a complete application or what the results/output would look like (there are some application examples for some of the code but not all of it). I also do not think it explains a lot of the terminology very well. I constantly have to google to find more information.

Excellent product