Core Java for the Impatient 4th Edition

Cay Horstmann's long-running pair of books, Core Java Vols I and II, are the established definitive explanations of Java and how to use it. It gets periodic updates and remains the best of the many texts that aim to cover the entire language and its principal libraries.Core Java for the Impatient was originally a scaled down version of that two-volume, 2,000 pages masterpiece. It focuses primarily on what you need to know as a programmer. Originally, the Impatient volume was concise and made a good companion to Core Java: you used it for most questions, but where you needed more detail, you went to the massive books.This fourth edition of the Impatient version brings Horstmann's usual clarity, insight, cautions, and reminders to Java 21. My only concern is that synopsis is now a hefty book in its own right: more than 500 pages. So you're going to need to be more patient than the title suggests if you intend to use it as a straight-through tutorial. However, if you do that, you'll get an excellent education in Java.Recommended both on its own merits and for those who want a great reference book but don't need the original 2,000 pages on the language.