Book Review: Ground-Up Java by Philip Heller

Ground-Up Java was published in November 2003 and is aimed at those with little or no programming experience who wish to learn Java. Not another Java book! I hear you cry. Well, yes - but this one's different. Apart from assuming no prior knowledge of programming (where many Java books assume prior knowledge of C or C++), this book makes an earnest attempt to engage the newbie Java programmer in well-bounded activities of programming discovery right from the start. I say 'well-bounded' because the software supplied with the book sets limits on what you can do. And for someone at the start of...