Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: All about the applet

This book has some good things to say, and it does a fair job explaining some basic designs, but the whole book is based on applets. Every example, every line of code refers to applets. If you're not insterested in applets, or are not interested in applying the applet-based examples to actual real-world code, don't buy this book. If you're into applets and want to know more about basic design patterns this book is for you.