e.g. Cay Horstmann (Big Java -- Valentina had this during university as core text, first year of university) or any other beginner Java book, e.g. "Java: A Beginner's Guide, Sixth Edition" (Herbert Schildt) - most important, find an author whose text is readable/understandable for you
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL:
Java Standard Edition (SE) - synonyms Standard / Core: "Core Java Volume I--Fundamentals" (Cay S. Horstmann), "Core Java, Volume II--Advanced Features: 2" (Cay S. Horstmann), Java 8 Programiranje (Yakov Fain), etc. search: Java, Java SE, Java Core
Java Enterprise Edition (EE) - "Java EE 7 The Big Picture" (Danny Coward, Oracle), "Java EE 8 Application Development" (David R. Heffelfinger), etc.
ADVANCED / EXPERT / SPECIALIST LEVEL:
Performance, SOA, best practices, patterns (Java + specific subject matter, e.g. Java Performance, Java Patterns, Effective Java)
@ivamil, could we have a listing regarding books, where we add categories and books...
Famous publishers:
=============================================== Java Books
e.g. Cay Horstmann (Big Java -- Valentina had this during university as core text, first year of university) or any other beginner Java book, e.g. "Java: A Beginner's Guide, Sixth Edition" (Herbert Schildt) - most important, find an author whose text is readable/understandable for you
Java Standard Edition (SE) - synonyms Standard / Core: "Core Java Volume I--Fundamentals" (Cay S. Horstmann), "Core Java, Volume II--Advanced Features: 2" (Cay S. Horstmann), Java 8 Programiranje (Yakov Fain), etc. search: Java, Java SE, Java Core
Java Enterprise Edition (EE) - "Java EE 7 The Big Picture" (Danny Coward, Oracle), "Java EE 8 Application Development" (David R. Heffelfinger), etc.