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[Chris Abney]

If you can deal with the C++ syntax, my pick for the best books on OOP/OOD are:
Design patterns : elements of reusable object-oriented software by the GOF - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Design-patterns-elements-reusable-object-oriented/dp/0201633612
Object-Oriented Design Heuristics by Arthur J Riel - http://www.amazon.com/Object-Oriented-Design-Heuristics-Arthur-Riel/dp/020163385X
I bought those in the mid 90's.  That was $100 well spent.

For the java syntax, I just go to the web.  There are a boat load of examples there.

Actually, in last 5 or so years I have been able to get great results from just googling the desired pattern name.
To begin a OOP study I would go to http://www.patterndepot.com/put/8/JavaPatterns.htm

Chris


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Each of these books are good intros to Java and OO programming. Several of them also deal with good coding practices.

Agile Java, Jeff Langr
Thinking in Java, Bruce Eckel.
Head First Java,  Kathy Sierra

This book is good because it teaches you common pitfalls in using Java, and how to avoid them.

Effective Java, Joshua Bloch

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Hye there , can some one give me a list of good books on good java coding practices, Probably I should ask good OOAD coding practices. Iam looking for a book which has  OOAD priciples , practices , patterns , and good coding practices.
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Experienced programmers: Is java difficult to people who have programmed for 5+ years with some sort of procedural-language and then move to java?

In 2000, I moved from a C/assembly job to a Java position (having never written a line of Java) and had no trouble making the transition.  I feel that most of the knowledge that took me from my early level of "competent" to "good" (which probably took a couple of years) didn't actually have much to do with Java syntax.  In the beginning, you can always google whatever you're trying to do (i.e. "java sort"), so memorizing the libraries isn't something I'd worry about.  Honestly, there's just too much out there to remember it all.  In addition to the stuff that comes with the JDK, you'll use many open source utilities like Apache Commons in real world Java apps.  Just write as much Java code as you can and you'll eventually memorize the things that you commonly use.

If you want to become a truly useful Java developer, I'd recommend learning the basics of OO and JUnit (unit testing), getting comfortable with a good IDE (I use Eclipse), and focusing on writing human-readable code.  That's going to put you ahead of the majority of people with whom I've ever worked.  There are plenty of good books out there, but I found Robert Martin's /Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices/ really made a lot of sense to me WRT some of the non-syntaxy stuff that I'm talking about._______________________________________________
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