java 2 books ok to learn with?

[AcousticBruce]

I found core java 2 volume 1 fundamentals and sams teach yourself in 21 days in a book store for 4 bucksa piece. is it ok to learn java with these even though they are sdk 1.4? or are they too outdated?

[Hibernate]

No, 1.4 will work just fine as long as ju do not want to do in to newer advanced stuff.

But if you using and of the following classes, I recommend you look into generics (e.g. ArrayLista<E>):
ArrayList
Vector
HashSet
Hashtable (use HashMap instead)
HashMap
ArrayDeque (I think this was added in 1.6)
or any other collection class.

[AcousticBruce]

I am nowhere near advanced right now. Thank you for the extra information :)

[sabhandari]

I would suggest reading SCJP by Kathy and Bert Bates if you have certification in your mind for future.

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[JavaHater]

I found core java 2 volume 1 fundamentals and sams teach yourself in 21 days in a book store for 4 bucksa piece. is it ok to learn java with these even though they are sdk 1.4? or are they too outdated?

you can always go to the tutorial