本书赢得了全球程序员的广泛赞誉，即使是最晦涩的概念，在Bruce Eckel的文字亲和力和小而直接的编程示例面前也会化解于无形。从Java的基础语法到最高级特性（深入的面向对象概念、多线程、自动项目构建、单元测试和调试等），本书都能逐步指导你轻松掌握。

从本书获得的各项大奖以及来自世界各地的读者评论中，不难看出这是一本经典之作。本书的作者拥有多年教学经验，对C、C++以及Java语言都有独到、深入的见解，以通俗易懂及小而直接的示例解释了一个个晦涩抽象的概念-The legendary author Bruce Eckel brings Java to life with this extraordinarily insightful, opinionated and downright funny introduction. Thinking in Java introduces all of the language s fundamentals, one step at a time, using to-the-point code examples. More than virtually any other book, Thinking in Java helps you understand not just what to do-- but why. Eckel introduces all the basics of objects as Java uses them　then walks carefully through the fundamental concepts underlying all Java programming-- including program flow, initialization and cleanup, hiding implementations, reusing classes and polymorphism. Using extensive, to-the-point examples, he introduces error handling, exceptions, Java I/O, run-time type identification, and passing and returning objects. He covers the Java AWT, multithreading, network programming with Java-- even design patterns. The best way to understand the real value of this book is to hear what readers of the online version have been saying about it: "