Sierra Kathy, Bates Bert. Head First Java

2nd ed. — O’Reilly Media, 2009. — 688 p.Learning a complex new language is no easy task especially when it s an object-oriented computer programming language like Java.
Head First Java combines puzzles, strong visuals, mysteries, and soul-searching interviews with famous Java objects to engage you in many different ways. It's fast, it's fun, and it's effective. And, despite its playful appearance, Head First Java is serious stuff: a complete introduction to object-oriented programming and Java.
You'll learn everything from the fundamentals to advanced topics, including threads, network sockets, and distributed programming with RMI.
Second edition focuses on Java 5.0 language and development platform.Breaking the Surface: a quick dip
A Trip to Objectville: yes, there will be objects
Know Your Variables: primitives and references
How Objects Behave: object state affects method behavior
Extra-Strength Methods: flow control, operations, and more
Using the Java Library: so you don’t have to write it all yourself
Better Living in Objectville: planning for the future
Serious Polymorphism: exploiting abstract classes and interfaces
Life and Death of an Object: constructors and memory management
Numbers Matter: math, formatting, wrappers, and statics
Risky Behavior: exception handling
A Very Graphic Story: intro to GUI, event handling, and inner classes
Work on Your Swing: layout managers and components
Saving Objects: serialization and I/O
Make a Connection: networking sockets and multithreading 47116 Data Structures: collections and generics
Release Your Code: packaging and deployment
Distributed Computing: RMI with a dash of servlets, EJB, and Jini
Appendix A: Final code kitchen
Appendix B: Top Ten Things that didn’t make it into the rest of the book