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When comparing Head First Java vs Hackr.io, the Slant community recommends Head First Java for most people. In the question“What are the best resources to learn Java?” Head First Java is ranked 4th while Hackr.io is ranked 7th.
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Pros
Pro It has version-wise every concepts covered with examples
Pro Beginner-friendly
The explanations are done in a very non-technical and humorous way. This makes the book interesting to read unlike the hard core dry technical books.
Pro Community trust
Instead of getting a recommendation from a single dev, you get recommendation from the entire programming community.
Pro Recommendation for every programming language/framework/library
You can find Python as well as Jenkins.
Pro Nice filters
Free, Video, Book, Beginner, Advanced, etc.
Cons
Con Out of date with the language
The 2nd (and most recent) edition only covers Java up to version 5. A lot has changed in the intervening years.
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