I am pleased to announce that my fourth book, Classic Computer Science Problems in Java, has been published. It is now available for purchase from the publisher’s website. As Manning’s deal of the day, the book is available today (January 5, 2021) for 50% off.
Classic Computer Science Problems in Java is a continuation of the Classic Computer Science Problems series, with previous incarnations in Swift and Python. They teach problem solving techniques from the realm of computer science in an approachable code-centric tutorial-like fashion. They are relatively light on theory and heavier on analogies, examples, and code. You don’t need a computer science education to pick up the books. In fact they were designed with self-taught programmers in mind. You do need to be at least an intermediate programmer. You can find out more about the contents of the series at classicproblems.com.
The Java book follows the success of Classic Computer Science Problems in Python which has sold more than ten thousand English copies and has been translated into eight other human languages including Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, German, Russian, Polish, Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese. Beyond the three original book programming languages, the source code has been ported by the community into five additional languages including Go, C++, Ruby, PHP, and JavaScript.
I don’t know if the Java book will be as successful as the Python book, but I do know that there will be a lot less readers upset about the inclusion of type annotations. Manning provides a short free sample of the book on their website, so you can check it out before you buy. Let me know if you have any questions on Twitter. I’m @davekopec.