Software Development Magazine online (www.sdmagazine.com) May, 1998:
"Eckel is an accomplished presenter and a pleasure to listen to ... an excellent introduction to Java for people with a basic understanding of programming ... a great value."

"Innovative, entertaining, and useful" Reg Charney, President, Charney & Day Inc.

"Cool cd ... excellent work!" Nicolas Eypert, Games Developer, Visiware France, Rimshak@Nicolas.org

"It takes away parts of the need for having explicit and detailed Java tutorial courses" Arne-Jorgen Berre, SINTEF

"An invaluable tool in my Java studies" Sandi Olson, Las Vegas, NV

"Thanks for a wonderful book/CD!!!" Arthur Lopatin. Programmer/Analyst, Informed Consulting

"I have learned more from your CD and book than from any other source.  Thank you for making it." Roy Wagner, ACCESSible Database Systems

"The CD is FANTASTIC.  I started working through your slides for the "Hands-on Java" class that you offer and its almost like being there (less the Golden Gate Bridge.....any way you could work that in?)  :-) Thanks for the CD and keep up the great work!"
Daniel S. Seewer, Project Leader, GE Capital CFS

"I am quite impressed by the way it is organised. I particularly like the combination of Seminar and Book: the intonation and various nuances of the voice help to reinforce the written word.The down-to-earth, no nonsense approach is very much appreciated. I think it is a great product and well worth the cost. Thanks, Bruce." Wilf Stacey

Thank you very much - You are a class act!!!  I consider you the epitome of what the internet should be in terms of how information, products, commerce, and success should be. Paul Grunwald, Intel

I found the quality over my low 33.6 k connection more than acceptable. I was listening and soon lost track of time.  The demo has convinced me that the CD will be a worthwhile purchase. Jeremy Nickolet - University Student.

I just received the CD-ROM and, as I thought, it is a great piece of work. We use the book here in classes and I believe it is one of the best educational resources about Java. Dr. Reuven Aviv, Snr Lecturer of Computer Science, Dept. of  Information Technologies, The Waikato Polytechnic, Hamilton, New Zealand. aviv@twp.ac.nz

I had studied C++ with TIC and now Java with TIJ but using the Hands-On CD is wonderful. ... The audio is wonderful. Thanks so much. Paul Chum, Anabasis

"Your CD is excellent.  It sure helps to have someone explain concepts instead of reading and trying to figure out what is going on. I just finished the CD for the first time and plan on listing to it again soon. Thanks, the CD has been invaluable."

"The CD means I'm not going to lose what I learned. I can listen to a lecture at any time, and the fact that the CD book is specially formatted for the screen makes it even better than the web version.  I've been using the CD every day; it's a great reference."

The sleeve

The disc

The CD contains the entire "Hands-On Java" training seminar. This is more than 15 hours of lectures synchronized with 500 slides of information. The seminar is based on Thinking in Java so it is an ideal accompaniment to the book. The lectures begin with Java syntax and go all the way through such advanced topics as network programming and the most important features of Java 1.2.

The CD-ROM contains two versions of Bruce Eckel's "Thinking in Java" book

• 1) A printable version identical to the one available for download
• 2) For easy on-screen viewing and reference, a screen-formatted and hyperlinked version which is available exclusively on the CD-ROM. These hyperlinks include:

• 230 chapter, section, and sub-heading links
  3600 index links

The CD contains over 400MB of content. We believe that it sets a new standard for value.

Bruce Eckel's Hands-On Java CD-ROM is in Adobe Acrobat 3.0 format and uses audio extensively. Acrobat readers for Windows and Macintosh are shipped with the CD-ROM, but you can also download the latest directly from Adobe. Unfortunately, we discovered that (contrary to earlier claims made by Adobe) Acrobat does not properly support sound under Unix, and thus the CD Rom will not work with Unix systems.

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Ordering

To order, select one of the links at the top of this page to order using credit card or check.

The cost of the CD is $50; this includes shipping and handling in the US. Overseas shipping is an extra $7. If you live in California you'll also need to pay an additional sales tax of 7.75% per CD.

If you cannot order by credit card, you can order by mailing the order form along with a US check drawn on a US bank or an international postal money order. Payments should be to MindView, Inc. (Tax ID 91-1825155).

Orders will be mailed out using first-class mail or international airmail for overseas orders, within one day of receipt of your order. At this time we are not providing 1-day delivery service via Fedex, UPS, etc., but our rapid turnaround should give you a reasonable delivery time in most cases.