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I've been reading node.js books and they're around 300 pages. I mean Java is a freaking huge language. Generics in Java alone is a giant book. It depends on t

• quietthrow 13y ago
  I somewhat respectfully disagree. Java as a programming language, conceptually is not huge. It does have a huge API library. However 'experts' should be able to make it concise - as in what is the object or goal of this lib/package. so the the reader knows 1) whats possible in java 2) if they need to dig deeper they know where to look. I guess to me the idea is not to know everything, but to know whats possible and where to look.
• chris_wot 13y ago
  Why is generics so huge? You can cover it in a chapter, possibly two.
  • quietthrow 13y ago
    Completely agree with your question. I think if the author can't explain it conceptually in a chapter or two may be the author dosnt know it really well or should employ a ghost writer