 
Maximum Lego NXT: Building Robots with Java Brains
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Got this book for our 12-year-old. Too difficult. Good for those who have studied computer programming.
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Has several very good programming ideas and robot concepts suitable for teaching programming to high school / college robot teams. This early edition is still full of errors in regards to Java code. If one knows Java well then you can spot the errors and not be bothered by them. However, if one is a novice with Java then you won't realize the errors in the supplied code and be frustrated when nothing is working. Needs a timely revision to earn a five star rating.
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Like others I spent a couple of long days finding the errors that are contained in the early chapters of this book. Maybe it's a reflection of a project delivered by a niche publisher without the oversight of a good editor, but it really does detract from the rest of the contents. In any case be warned that even the errata published on the web site, as well as other internet sources do not completely address the fundamental issues of installing and running LeJOS. It's too bad that what otherwise appears as an interesting work is so flawed.
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I bought this book as a Christmas present for my 14 year old son, expecting it to be shipped in early January. The book's publish date slipped several times, and it didn't arrive until early June.
I can understand things slipping, but the book is still INCOMPLETE. The libraries they are writing too are still being developed and not available! The installation instructions are incomplete and I'm talking about the ones from the errata sheet from their website!
Don't bother.
It just looks like the author, one of the developers for the leJOS JVM, through this together without concern for quality or completeness trying to cash in on his hobby.
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I'm a Computer Engineer with interests in many fields of Computer Science. I really enjoyed this book: It gives you a really quick start in building your NXT Robots with algorithms in Java language. Really clear instructions for new Robot building, excellent ideas for expanding your possible Mindstorms uses.
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