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Core Java Media Framework
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Author: Linden deCarmo
List Price: $44.99
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ISBN: 0130115193
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (24 June, 1999)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 133,461
Average Customer Rating: 2.57 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 1 out of 5
The author is not responsible for readers!!
I am a graduate student in computer science major. I have to say that's the worst book I had read. First, this book does not provide the complete clear explanation for some concepts. It just intruduces something, but never go to detail. Second, so many mistakes coming out this books, I am wondering how could this book coming out for the market? Third, the source code does not work at all. There are so many bugs in it, and code provided has some key mistakes! As a student, I bought this book for my research project and I was very disappointed!! I suggested if you want to buy some books about JMF, please do check first! JMF reference guide from sun is a nice reference. Good luck!
Rating: 1 out of 5
The author is not responaible at all!!
I am a graduate student in computer science major. I bought this book one month ago and I tried to run several source code provided by this book, surprisingly I found none of them works!!! I had debug so many bugs...and find those codes are just WRONG!! I never could believe this book could coming out on the market!! The author is not responaible for readers!! Please do check the book before you buy it!! Don't waste your momney!
Rating: 2 out of 5
Adequate, not up to other "Core" books I've read
deCarmo's book is just ok. The code fragments are never brought together into complete programs, a lack I find confusing. Lots of typos, dumb errors, and childish graphics suggest that he was poorly served by the Prentice Hall editors.The book lurches from topic to topic and presents complicated examples first, then follows them with "but of course that's too hard so here's a simpler way," adding to the confusion. The exposition would be improved with SIMPLE and COMPLETE examples, before descending into the details and corner cases. deCarmo seems to have a chip on his shoulder about Microsoft. The catty side comments in earlier sections of the book are distracting and waste the reader's time. He'd do better to concentrate on the task at hand, the Java Media Framework. After finishing the book, I found it's obsolete. This isn't the author's fault, naturally, but I wish the book had an Author's Note with a date. That would have clued me into the book's age and perhaps have saved me $45 plus tax. This book lessens the reputation of the Prentice Hall "Core" series.
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