Instruct: Classify a review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Poor Excuse for a Learning Guide

Whenever I see a book that has the product name as part of the title and is not preceded with the words "advanced" or "intermediary" then I am led to believe that it will provide an broad introductory prospective to the product. I was dead wrong with this particular book. It reads like it was written in a weekend with each topic hastily reviewed with a major emphasis on scantily provided detail combined with large font types to give the visual appearance of an impressive body of work. Don't be fooled, this book is not worth the effort. You would be better served using the Visualage for Java help panels than attempting to apply any of the aspects of this book.