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Head First Java 3rd edition
When will a new edition of Head First Java be available ?
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Inappropriate?Fahad-
Thanks for your interest. We are looking at Head First Java, 3rd edition, but the authors are planning on targeting Java 7, rather than the new Java 6. Java 6 is so similar to Java 5 - which is covered in the 2nd edition - that we think it's best to wait a bit and really provide a 3rd edition with lots of new content and value.
Off the cuff, I'd estimate you're looking at early 2010 before a 3rd edition of Head First Java is realistic.
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Brett McLaughlin
Series Editor, Head First
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Inappropriate?Hi.
Do you know what new topics will be covered? :) Perhaps a hint on one or two.
Something like MySQL and Java combination (chapters covering objects and net/rmi solutions, and learning more about programming for mobile smart phones).
Im hoping :)
Thanks.
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Inappropriate?Head First Java has always been a book focused squarely on the Java language, and not really on the ancillary types of topics you mention. The more you start to "combine" topics (like Java and MySQL or Java and mobile phones), the more you actually shrink your audience.
(The only notable exception here is PHP and MySQL, as nearly everyone that uses PHP still uses MySQL, so the two together function as a single complete unit.)
So the next edition of Java will still focus on the language, although we'd want to include some of the standard extensions (perhaps the JAX pack or JAX-WS which has become so fundamental to Java), as well as new version features (Java 6, 7, etc.).
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Brett McLaughlin
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Inappropriate?Seriously? 2010!!!??? Even covering Java 7 shouldn't take that long since they obviously know what it will include way before it's released.
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Inappropriate?Hello Brett,
It's almost 2010. Will you still announce here any new updates you have regarding the publication of the 3rd edition?
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