<HTML><BODY STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>Just Java 2 by Peter Van Der Linden is an excellent book to learn Java (and does cover some OOP).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130105341/qid=1005057200/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_7_1/104-7110682-2029545">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130105341/qid=1005057200/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_7_1/104-7110682-2029545</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black"><B>From:</B> Tanya Vavouri</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 06, 2001 9:13 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> bio_bulletin_board@bioinformatics.org</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> [BiO BB] Good OOP and Java Book</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>Hi,<BR><BR>I am starting a bioinformatics project in which I'll develop a program in<BR>Java. Since I have no experience in Java and OOP (only C/Perl/VB) I am<BR>looking for a good book that will introduce me to OOP and then teach me<BR>Java. Are there any books that you would recommend ? I have found some<BR>titles but I'd like to have some opinions as well.<BR><BR>Thanks in advance,<BR>Tanya<BR><BR><BR>_________________________________________________________________<BR>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>BiO_Bulletin_Board maillist - BiO_Bulletin_Board@bioinformatics.org<BR>http://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/bio_bulletin_board<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML><br clear=all><hr>Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : <a href='http://explorer.msn.com'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>