Can anyone recomend a book or two. My class starts Java Programming in the next semester and I'm loking to get a jump start on it. I've done some programming in Visual Basic and HTML but I haven't ...

This book definitely caters to the advanced user, and is not for the faint of heart. You are expected to have a good grasp of object-oriented programming and the Java programming language ...

That said, programming books can be costly ... includes a set of sections on converting Python 2 code to Python 3. C++/Java/Python: “Think Python/C++/Java: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist ...

I'm looking for a book, a GOOD book, that details the Java language starting with the basics, or starting with only ASCII programs, and moving up into the Java GUI environment. Any suggestions?