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 ...

Introductory Java books are a rather popular bunch. If you’re interested in Java programming, you have to start somewhere. Most people pick up at least one book to get them started. More popular ones ...

Next, I will review each book. Beside each book’s title is a star rating, based on the area of thread coverage on which that book claims to focus, not just an average of the three attributes listed ...

Script languages have been experiencing a renaissance over the past few years. There are many open-source projects such as Jython, Groovy and Bean Shell to allow the scripting environment to interact ...

“Rewire your Brain”. The quote from the back of this book couldn’t have said it any better. I acquired this book to add to my every growing list of programming and scripting books in hopes that I can ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...