Strangely enough, every single Java book I've ever tried to read starts out with two or three chapters explaining why Java isn't so bad and please please please use it because it's not that bad anymore honest! I'm waiting for a book to come out called "Justifying Java". You should get that one. On Sun, 29 May 2011, Jason Hsu wrote: > What books do you recommend for getting started in Java? Given that Java allegedly promotes bad habits, do these books address this? If there are such pitfalls in Java, I need to make sure I don't fall into them. > > -- > Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -Yaron --