Title: Author: Publisher: ISBN: Info: Price: |
Visual Café Programming Frontrunner Doug Garret, Anthony Potts, David H. Friedel jr The Coriolis Group Books 1-57610-160-6 417 pages (CD-ROM) US$ 29.99 |
The chapters are mixed together. The chapters about Java explain the basics of this language. But if you're just starting with Java these basics aren't enough. For a better Java book for beginners see Writing Java programs also by Coriolis.
The chapters about Visual Café are quit disappointing. The description of the IDE doesn't add anything to the online help of Visual Café. Especially a description about the Symantec components would be very nice, because the Visual Café help files aren't too clear about those. But Chapter 11 Component library only gives a brief description about the components supplied by Symantec.
It's seems that the authors were trying to write a all-in-one book for Java and Visual Café, but because the two subjects aren't explored deep enough, the mix doesn't quit work.
(Hubert Klein Ikkink)