Head First Java, 2nd Edition

Main textbook for learning Java

Read HFJ online

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Reading Notes, by Chapter

Chapter 1—Breaking The Surface
Chapter 2—A Trip to Objectville
Chapter 3—Know Your Variables
Chapter 4—How Objects Behave
Chapter 5—Writing a Program: Extra-Strength Methods
Chapter 6—Get to Know the Java API: Using the Java Library
Chapter 7—Inheritance and Polymorphism: Better Living in Objectville
Chapter 8—Interfaces and Abstract Classes: Serious Polymorphism
Chapter 9—Life and Death of an Object
Chapter 10—Numbers Matter
Chapter 11—Risky Behavior
Chapter 12—A Very Graphic Story
Chapter 13—Work on Your Swing
Chapter 14—Saving Objects
Chapter 15—Make a Connection
Chapter 16—Collections and Generics: Data Structures
Chapter 17—Releasing Your Code
Chapter 18—Distributed Computing

Other chapters may be available here: https://foo.cs.ucsb.edu/56wiki/index.php/HFJ