[Bluej-discuss] excersies solutions?

[Peter McCrackan]

I too am attempting to teach myself Java. I bought this book because it
gives a fantastic introduction to Java that no other publication I have read
can offer. I say this because the real world is like that, there are not
usually published solutions to your problem. You must research and test to
find your solution.
A student is a student, self taught or not makes no difference.
The fact that there are no published solutions to the exercises is a GOOD
thing. If the exercise works, then you know you have done it as correctly as
needed, if not then the answers ARE available, you just have to research
(just like the real world!)
Stick with it, you will be glad you did.

On 5/1/07, Sara Aspery <sara at aspery.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi Stefan,
>
> Like you I am self-taught, and have no tutor to assist with the
> exercises. When I bought OFWJ, I was disappointed to have worked through
> the first set of exercises only to find there was no way of telling
> whether I was on the right track. I was also annoyed because, on Amazon
> at least, it wasn't made clear that the book is really intended for use
> by teachers, and had I known that, I wouldn't have bought it. On
> reflection I'm glad I did. It is an excellent introduction to Java and I
> would strongly recommend it, despite the lack of exercise solutions.
>
> On that note, a plea to the authors (if they read this list). Please,
> please could future editions take into account those who are self
> teaching? How about two similar sets of exercises, one with and one
> without solutions? We do after all pay the same price as the students,
> but only receive part of the product. It's the only aspect that lets the
> book down, otherwise it is really is excellent.
>
> Regards,
> Sara
> Stefan wrote:
>
> >Hello Todd,
> >
> >thanks for the reply it's a shame that the book is organised in this
> >way it's understandable but it kind of rules me out of using it as I
> >don't have a teacher only myself and my powerbook.
> >
> >Are the authors reachable? I'm sure they maybe reasonable people who
> >might help.
> >I learnt about blue j and the book as they did a demo of greenfoot at
> >the java developers conference in Westminster London, they were also
> >answering all the questions the student couldn't in another demo which
> >was cool :)
> >
> >Stefan
> >
> >
> >
> >On 4/30/07, Todd O'Bryan <toddobryan at mac.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Because the book is used as a text in lots of classes, the solutions are
> >>hard to come by. (I think you can get a password if you're a teacher.)
> >>
> >>If you could somehow convince someone you were using the book for your
> >>own study (and wouldn't post the solutions somewhere), you might be able
> >>to get access to them. Or you might not. I don't make those decisions.
> >>
> >>Todd
> >>
> >>On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 13:46 +0100, Stefan wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hello,
> >>>
> >>>I have been looking at the ofwj in my local borders and the book
> >>>appears to be very well written and structured, but I was wondering
> >>>were the solutions are? I ask because I was reading a chapter and
> >>>couldn't see the answers in the back of the book, are they included
> >>>with the shiny CD?
> >>>
> >>>I'm interested to find this out because I would like to grab a copy.
> >>>
> >>>Stefan
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Peter, Jane and Sampson McCrackan
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