What's the best Java book?

I'm looking for something along the lines of "Python Crash Course" and "Automate the boring stuff with Python", but for Java.

*Not a reference material book such as "java the complete reference" by Herbert Schildt, but a book that takes you from start to finish?

I've read countless post recommending different books, mainly a few 2-3 ones are quite popular.

What's your opinion/story?

Comments

[Jean-Michel 🕵🏻‍♂️ Fayard]

There is no best Java book, because what "good" means depends on your goals.

I'm not sure any book can take you from start to finish with Java.

And a book that would try to do that would be very boring indeed.

If I were you, I would try to find

• a big picture overview of the JVM landscape
• a simple project that you could re-implement in Java - start it, create the repo today and write its README.
• the complete Java reference - hint: Dash documentation browser
• a practical introduction on how to get started, with things like IntelliJ IDEA, Gradle, unit testing ...
• a friend or a mentor to guide you while you are building it
• the book Effective Java for not wasting time rediscovering the same things than people before you

[Chris Bouronikos]

Thank you, thank you so much!
Do you know of any Dash alternatives for windows?

[Victor Osório]

Effective Java is a good book. You will probably know details from Java implementations and how use correctly the JVM.

[Chris Bouronikos]

Thanks a lot!!!!