Java Posters?

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matt_tap

I'm a bit new here, so I apologize if I'm not following proper format.

I'm trying to find if there are any Java Posters out there that have good
information on them such as class libraries, dependencies, etc. Being
disabled, it's often helpful to have posters up instead of having to drag
myself around to look at a book and then the screen, or go get a different
book, etc. And even though whatever's going to be on a poster it will also
be online, to me it's just a help to have the posters.

I know of only three that are recent... I'm not sure if I'm not supposed to
put URLs in here, but two are by Patrick Chan and Rosanna Lee, but on Amazon
it's hard to tell exactly what is on them. The other is from the Head First
book folks -- it's by Eric and Elisabeth Freeman.


Does anyone know:
a) if any of these are decent and not bad to have up?
b) if there are others out there that are better / more helpful?


Basically I like having posters up for what I'm coding -- for whatever
reason, it helps. So, if there's any info out there that someone is able to
provide, it'd be very much appreciated.
 
R

Rhino

matt_tap said:
I'm a bit new here, so I apologize if I'm not following proper format.

I'm trying to find if there are any Java Posters out there that have good
information on them such as class libraries, dependencies, etc. Being
disabled, it's often helpful to have posters up instead of having to drag
myself around to look at a book and then the screen, or go get a different
book, etc. And even though whatever's going to be on a poster it will
also be online, to me it's just a help to have the posters.

I know of only three that are recent... I'm not sure if I'm not supposed
to put URLs in here, but two are by Patrick Chan and Rosanna Lee, but on
Amazon it's hard to tell exactly what is on them. The other is from the
Head First book folks -- it's by Eric and Elisabeth Freeman.


Does anyone know:
a) if any of these are decent and not bad to have up?
b) if there are others out there that are better / more helpful?


Basically I like having posters up for what I'm coding -- for whatever
reason, it helps. So, if there's any info out there that someone is able
to provide, it'd be very much appreciated.

My big concern about posters - any technical posters like this, not Java
posters specifically - is that they always seem to be out-of-date or on the
verge of being out-of-date. For example, by the time the poster for the
current version is finally published, the new version of the product, which
has a much expanded poster, is already in beta or even in extensive use
already.
 
D

David Segall

matt_tap said:
I'm a bit new here, so I apologize if I'm not following proper format.

I'm trying to find if there are any Java Posters out there that have good
information on them such as class libraries, dependencies, etc. Being
disabled, it's often helpful to have posters up instead of having to drag
myself around to look at a book and then the screen, or go get a different
book, etc. And even though whatever's going to be on a poster it will also
be online, to me it's just a help to have the posters.

I know of only three that are recent... I'm not sure if I'm not supposed to
put URLs in here, but two are by Patrick Chan and Rosanna Lee, but on Amazon
it's hard to tell exactly what is on them. The other is from the Head First
book folks -- it's by Eric and Elisabeth Freeman.
I have the Chan & Lee Standard Edition poster on my wall. It is
decorative but I have never found it useful. If you are already
familiar with the class libraries it may jog you memory but the print
is too small to read it from a distance.

As an alternative consider attaching a second monitor to your
computer. Having a second monitor allows you to use it like a book
that is open beside your computer. It need not be expensive because an
old laptop computer (see <http://www.maxivista.com/>) or a 15" LCD
monitor is ideal for the purpose. Many video cards with a DVI and a
VGA connector already support two monitors.
 
T

Tom Forsmo

matt_tap said:
I'm a bit new here, so I apologize if I'm not following proper format.

I'm trying to find if there are any Java Posters out there that have good
information on them such as class libraries, dependencies, etc. Being
disabled, it's often helpful to have posters up instead of having to drag
myself around to look at a book and then the screen, or go get a different
book, etc. And even though whatever's going to be on a poster it will also
be online, to me it's just a help to have the posters.

I know of only three that are recent... I'm not sure if I'm not supposed to
put URLs in here, but two are by Patrick Chan and Rosanna Lee, but on Amazon
it's hard to tell exactly what is on them. The other is from the Head First
book folks -- it's by Eric and Elisabeth Freeman.


Does anyone know:
a) if any of these are decent and not bad to have up?
b) if there are others out there that are better / more helpful?


Basically I like having posters up for what I'm coding -- for whatever
reason, it helps. So, if there's any info out there that someone is able to
provide, it'd be very much appreciated.

O'Reilly has several cds with compliations of books (theme wise) you
could by, you copy the books to your harddisk and bookmark the pages
that contain the diagrams, figures and lists you need, in addition to
easy access to the index and the actual contents of the books. Also it
should be pretty up to date.

tom
 
P

Patricia Shanahan

matt_tap said:
I'm a bit new here, so I apologize if I'm not following proper format.

I'm trying to find if there are any Java Posters out there that have good
information on them such as class libraries, dependencies, etc. Being
disabled, it's often helpful to have posters up instead of having to drag
myself around to look at a book and then the screen, or go get a different
book, etc. And even though whatever's going to be on a poster it will also
be online, to me it's just a help to have the posters.

I know of only three that are recent... I'm not sure if I'm not supposed to
put URLs in here, but two are by Patrick Chan and Rosanna Lee, but on Amazon
it's hard to tell exactly what is on them. The other is from the Head First
book folks -- it's by Eric and Elisabeth Freeman.


Does anyone know:
a) if any of these are decent and not bad to have up?
b) if there are others out there that are better / more helpful?


Basically I like having posters up for what I'm coding -- for whatever
reason, it helps. So, if there's any info out there that someone is able to
provide, it'd be very much appreciated.

Have you considered making your own? I needed some bulk copying done
yesterday, so I went to a copy-shop. They had ads for printing posters
to order.

Perhaps you could find diagrams you like on-line or in books, and get
posters printed?

Patricia
 
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matt_tap

Those are all good ideas, thank you.

Patricia Shanahan said:
Have you considered making your own? I needed some bulk copying done
yesterday, so I went to a copy-shop. They had ads for printing posters to
order.

Perhaps you could find diagrams you like on-line or in books, and get
posters printed?

Patricia
 

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