BKMKSNJV.RVW   960723
 
"Making Sense of Java", Simpson/Mitchell/Christeson/Zaidi/Levine, 1996,
0-13-263294-2/1-884777-24-4
%A   Bruce Simpson
%A   John Mitchell
%A   Brian Christeson
%A   Rehan Zaidi
%A   Jonathan Levine
%C   One Lake St., Upper Saddle River, NJ   07458
%D   1996
%G   0-13-263294-2/1-884777-24-4
%I   Prentice Hall/Manning
%O   +1-201-236-7139 fax: +1-201-236-7131 lee@manning.com
%P   159
%T   "Making Sense of Java"
 
This is not a Java programming book.  It is an introduction to the ideas behind
the language, and the uses to which it might be put, without technical detail
or references.  It is intended for the decision maker who must give a pass or
fail to projects without actually getting down to learning the language or
using it.
 
Most such works are little more than sales brochures.  The authors of this book
have managed to give a realistic and instructive background to Java in a
reasonably small space.  Background concepts such as platform dependence and
client server are explained well.  There are some weaknesses (the discussion of
security carries none of the examples of implementation problems found so far),
but, in general, this will give the hurried manager a rational picture.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996   BKMKSNJV.RVW   960723

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